Danny Bowman (News - Alert), president of Integrated Solutions Group at Sprint, recently said that Sprint is ranked second best among North American-based service providers in the Analysys (News - Alert) Mason 2011 machine-to-machine (M2M) scorecard for communications service providers. Bowman was speaking during his Sprint Open Solutions Conference keynote address.

Sprint shared the top position in the “M2M network” category, held the second position in the “M2M overall excellence” and “M2M partnerships” categories. Most of the participating CSPs reckoned that Sprint (News - Alert) has done outstandingly well during June and July 2011.

The report stated, “Sprint continues to emphasize the capacity and speed of its network, which will help it differentiate itself in a market where network speeds have received a lot of public criticism…Sprint has an impressive list of vendor partners, many of which speak quite highly of their engagement with Sprint. The Sprint M2M Collaboration Center in California is a well-conceived venue for bringing together partners across the value chain to create innovative M2M solutions.”

Bowman said, “Sprint's strong ranking in the Analysys Mason M2M scorecard reinforces the value of our open approach to M2M, backed by the strength of networks. Being designated as the top North American-based M2M provider is an especially significant honor for us and an affirmation of the confidence shown in Sprint by our growing base of M2M customers and partners.”

According to Steve Hilton, head of Analysys Mason's Enterprise Program, “We were very impressed with Sprint's network insights and the impacts of M2M on its network and business. Sprint's hard work in M2M is paying off as they continue to build a vibrant partner ecosystem supported by Sprint's R&D efforts. We were pleased to have Sprint show itself a leading player in M2M.”

In other news, Sprint recently received the 2011 Customer Value Enhancement Award in North America for Machine to Machine (M2M) Communications from Frost & Sullivan (News - Alert).

The award recognizes Sprint's exceptional focus on enhancing the value that its customers receive, beyond simply good customer service, leading to improved customer retention and ultimately customer base expansion.

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Edited by Jennifer Russell