COL partnering with Avaya as Distributor to Extend Reach in the Hong Kong Market

COL partnering with Avaya as Distributor to

 Extend Reach in the Hong Kong Market

For Immediate Release:   31 March 2017

Hong Kong – Avaya, a global leader in business communications,
software, systems and services, announced today it has signed an agreement with
COL Limited, a subsidiary of Wharf T&T Limited, appointing COL as its
distribution partner for the Hong Kong region.The two companies will focus on
driving adoption of Avaya’s innovative technology solutions and helping
organizations in Hong Kong to achieve their digital transformation.

COL will provide the full range of Avaya
products and solutions to resellers in Hong Kong initially, expanding
later to the wider region. Through COL, resellers will be able to provide
enterprises of all sizes with Avaya products and solutions for unified
communications and collaboration, contact center, cloud-based communication
applications and networking.

Digital transformation is top of the corporate agenda for organizations
across Asia, while CIOs are facing budget constraints in challenging market
conditions. Avaya helps remove the uncertainty caused by digital disruption,
with cutting-edge solutions designed to enable businesses to improve their
operation excellence, enhance customer satisfaction, and drive greater
competitive differentiation.

COL is a leading IT services company in
Hong Kong, with over 40 years of experience enabling customers to enhance their
business performance and create value through the adoption of quality solutions
and services. The Company offers
a full range of unified communication solutions, IT infrastructure, system
integration, business continuity and disaster recovery services to its
customers. COL’s
data center and business continuity solution is its flagship product, holding an
80% market share in the financial industry and MNC sector.

Kam Poon, Vice President, Business Market
of COL, said “This distribution agreement signals the start of an exciting time
for the industry and for us. Avaya has the reputation, the reach and the
commitment to deliver quality communication applications. Together and through
our resellers, we will make a highly positive impact in delivering
future-proof communications solutions to business customers with proven
competence to design, build, implement and operate.”

               

Chen Wei, Managing Director of Avaya Greater
China, commented “As the only company specializing in complex business
communications built on open and mobile software platforms, Avaya is uniquely
positioned to help organizations in Hong Kong as they face unprecedented
challenges to evolve digitally and deliver richer customer experiences. By
partnering with COL, we will extend our reach in the market and build lasting
relationships with customers and partners.”

Chen Wei, Managing Director of Avaya
Greater China (left) and Kam Poon, Vice President, Business Market of COL
(right) at the signing ceremony of Avaya COL Networking Event.

Timothy Mak, Managing Director of Hong
Kong, Taiwan of Avaya (left one), Chen Wei, Managing Director of Avaya Greater
China (left two), Kam Poon, Vice President, Business Market of COL (right two)
and Albert Lee, Senior Manager, Technology Consultancy Services, Engineering
Services of COL (right one) at the networking event.