Windstream Wholesale, a leading provider of advanced optical solutions, has been named Best North American Wholesale Carrier as part of Capacity Media’s Global Carrier Awards, the most prestigious awards program in wholesale telecoms.

“Windstream is honored to be chosen as the Best North American Wholesale Carrier,” said Joe Scattareggia, executive vice president of Windstream Wholesale. “This recognition reflects our absolute commitment to deliver diverse, innovative and flexible solutions that feature significantly greater bandwidth, including our market-leading 400 Gigabit services. Our Fast and Flexible approach is unique in the marketplace, and we’re delighted that customers are responding so enthusiastically.”

Capacity Media’s Global Carrier Awards ceremony took place October 20 in London, the first time the event has been live since 2019.

Windstream Wholesale was among 127 entries in 34 categories. The 23-person independent judging panel was chaired by Carl Roberts, CEO of Hadaara Consulting. The full list of winners is available here.

The award recognized Windstream’s three-pillar strategy:

• Provide services with most advanced optical technology leadership
• Customize our network expansions to make it easier for customers to use our network
• Cultivate true, flexible partnerships with customers and vendors

Windstream’s Intelligent Converged Optical Network provides open and disaggregated networking infrastructure, enabling wholesale and enterprise technology customers to select unique custom routes, maintain operational insights with Windstream’s Network Intelligence functions, and place their networks closer to the edge to better serve end-users.

About Windstream

Windstream Holdings is a privately held Fortune® 1000 communications and software company. Windstream Wholesale is an innovative optical technology leader that creates deep partnerships with carriers, content and media providers, and federal government agencies to deliver fast and flexible, customized wave and transport solutions. Additional information is available at windstream.com or windstreamwholesale.com. Follow us on Twitter at @Windstream.

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