Company: MetTel
Nomination Submitted by: Axicom
Company Description: MetTel is a leader in communications and digital transformation (DX) solutions for enterprise customers. By converging all communications over a proprietary network, MetTel gives enterprises one unified view and control point for all their communications and advanced network services. MetTel’s comprehensive portfolio of solutions improves productivity, reduces costs, and simplifies operations.
Nomination Category: New Product & Service Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Telecommunications - Service
 Nomination Title: MetTel's SD-WAN over Starlink
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MetTel became an authorized Starlink reseller in December 2023, integrating Starlink, A satellite internet constellation and subsidiary of SpaceX, as a key component of MetTel’s award-winning SD-WAN solution. The combined MetTel SD-WAN over Starlink offering became generally available in 2024, effectively launching a new version of the SD-WAN product with significantly expanded capabilities. Specific dates for individual customer deployments are confidential.
- If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this second question: Describe the features, functions, and benefits of the nominated product or service (up to 350 words):
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MetTel SD-WAN over Starlink delivers reliable, high-performance connectivity to even the most remote locations, particularly for mobile workers and in areas with limited or no broadband connectivity or in areas with limited terrestrial infrastructure. This solution combines the flexibility and intelligence of MetTel's software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) technology with the global reach and low latency of Starlink's satellite network. particularly for mobile workers and in areas with limited or no broadband connectivity.
Starlink provides a low latency network in space to facilitate edge computing on earth where most users experience speeds over 100 Mbps. Designed for mobility applications and challenging environments, Starlink’s Flat High Performance kit affords a wide field of view, offers enhanced GPS capabilities and is suitable for in-motion use for vehicles, ships and plaines in approved countries.
Among the key features:
- Enhanced Connectivity: Extends network reach to remote and underserved areas, enabling businesses to operate anywhere with reliable internet access.
- Optimized Performance: Intelligently routes traffic across multiple network connections, including Starlink, MPLS, broadband, and cellular, prioritizing critical applications and minimizing latency.
- Improved Security: Integrated security features, including firewall, intrusion detection/prevention, and content filtering, protect the network from cyber threats.
- Simplified Management: Centralized orchestration allows administrators to easily configure and monitor the entire network from a single pane of glass.
- Scalability and Flexibility: Adapts to evolving business needs, accommodating increased bandwidth demands and new application deployments.
- Cost-Effectiveness: Optimizes bandwidth utilization and reduces reliance on expensive MPLS connections, leading to cost savings.
- Application-Aware Routing: Prioritizes traffic based on application requirements, ensuring optimal performance for critical business applications.
- Seamless Integration: Integrates with existing network infrastructure and cloud services, simplifying deployment and management.
- If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this third question: Outline the market performance, critical reception, and customer satisfaction with the product or service to date. State monetary or unit sales figures to date, if possible, and how they compare to expectations or past performance. Provide links to laudatory product or service reviews. Include some customer testimonials, if applicable (up to 350 words):
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Since its launch, MetTel’s SD-WAN over Starlink has achieved remarkable market traction, with a significant increase in new customer acquisitions across industries such as logistics, retail, waste management, self-storage, construction, financial services, energy, manufacturing, and government sectors. Thousands of Starlink units have been deployed, providing reliable operations in previously unconnected locations. MetTel also received the 2024 Fierce Network Innovation Award (link to award) in the Business Services category for SD-WAN over Starlink. This prestigious award highlights MetTel’s commitment to optimizing network performance for businesses by integrating SD-WAN with Starlink satellite connectivity.
Customer feedback consistently praises the solution's reliability, performance, and ease of management. We are confident that this innovative approach to connectivity will continue to drive growth and deliver exceptional value to our customers.
- You have the option to answer this final question: Reference any attachments of supporting materials throughout this nomination and how they provide evidence of the claims you have made in this nomination (up to 250 words):
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MetTel SD-WAN with VMware VeloCloud + Starlink Video
Why Starlink with MetTel Video
ZDNet Article
Federal News Network Podcast
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