Author: Robert Kulewicz

MarketSpark announced today that T-Mobile for Business now features its flagship M2 Enterprise solution, a fully-managed service enabling large enterprises to migrate away from rapidly deprecating POTS lines, as part of T-Mobile’s IoT portfolio.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – MarketSpark, Inc., the nation’s largest company dedicated exclusively to enterprise POTS replacement, today announced that T-Mobile for Business is offering its M2 Enterprise POTS Replacement Platform. The M2 platform is a software-driven solution that supplants traditional POTS lines, providing compliant connectivity for critical life-safety services including fire panels, burglar alarms and elevators.

More than 30 million analog copper-wire lines connected to 6 million commercial buildings are being deprecated as wireless providers introduce next generation networks to replace this 100-year-old technology. The retirement of copper networks will increasingly challenge large enterprises with multiple locations to coordinate smooth and timely transition for their sites to maintain critical infrastructure including fire alarm panels, security systems, elevators, fax machines, building access systems and more. Life-safety systems can’t be migrated to simplistic VoIP services because they lack the redundancy and performance measurement insights necessary for compliance with local regulations. To complicate matters, the monthly cost of copper POTS lines is escalating rapidly as the user base shrinks and reliability is declining as carriers shift resources to replacement technologies.

MarketSpark provides large enterprises with a fully-managed service for POTS migration, combining best-in-class hardware with extensive pre-configuration, testing and project deployment services to deliver the highest level of acceptance from connected life-safety systems. When combined with T-Mobile’s nationwide coverage for reliable transport, the solution delivers superior performance and improved reliability over deprecating copper by leveraging smart remote diagnostics via an online portal. The service includes 24×7 performance measurement and automated notifications, minimizing expensive “truck rolls” and lowering incident response time.

“POTS replacement for large enterprises requires a combination of best-in-class hardware, smart software and specialized processes to address site-specific use cases that are common in organizations that have dozens, hundreds or thousands of discrete locations,” said Jeff Gower, Chief Executive Officer at MarketSpark. “We are excited to have a telecommunications leader such as T-Mobile for Business raising awareness of the copper network end of life and sharing the MarketSpark solution with its large and rapidly growing enterprise customer base.”

For more information on the M2 from T-Mobile for Business, visit https://www.t-mobile.com/business/solutions/iot/pots-phone-network/marketspark

SAN DIEGO, CA. – MarketSpark, Inc. today appointed Michael Wood to the role of Chief of Carrier Strategy and Business Development for the Verizon channel. In his new role, he will lead the development of MarketSpark’s growth covering both Global Enterprise and Public Sector.

In his 17+ years at Verizon, Wood served in a variety of management and leadership roles, most recently as Verizon Director of Enterprise sales leading a team of 50 sales professionals and 7 sales leaders supporting hundreds of accounts across North America. Wood also previously led teams responsible for strategic accounts including IOT Sales and B2B Marketing and Operations.

“Wood’s background, deep relationships and expertise supporting many of Verizon’s largest enterprise and public sector accounts will help strengthen our partnership and enhance our market position as the premier next-generation POTS solution provider for large enterprises,” said Jeff Gower, Chief Executive Officer, MarketSpark. “Michael is the right person to lead and grow our Verizon Global Enterprise and Public Sector business to build on the incredible momentum we have jointly built with Verizon.” 

During his tenure at Verizon, Wood built large teams accountable for delivering significant market share, subscriber, and revenue growth while creating high satisfaction for our customers. “I’ve worked with my teams and our customers to identify key challenges, strategize custom solutions, and set my customers up with the technological roadmap they need for success,” said Wood.  

Wood earned a Business of Science and Business Administration in both Economics and Marketing from the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University. He is committed to supporting children in need as a Volunteer/Organizer of the Feed My Starving Children Non-Profit Organization, which is dedicated to eliminating starvation in children throughout the world by helping to instill compassion in people to hear and respond to the cries of those in need.  He also supports the Evans Scholar foundation, a nonprofit organization based in Glenview, Illinois that provides full tuition and housing college scholarships to golf caddies.  

You can reach Michael direct at: michael.wood@marketspark.com