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Yates Head of Partner Sales at Channel Telecom

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Channel Telecom has promoted Steve Yates to Head of Partner Sales for the company. Steve, formerly Channel Partner Manager, will now head all sales operations for the company covering voice and data through both wholesale partner and dealer channels.

Steve has worked at Channel Telecom for over five years, joining soon after the company was established by Clifford Norton. Steve previously worked for Telstra and has extensive experience of the telecoms industry. Commenting on his new role Steve said, "I'm excited to be taking up the challenge of heading sales at Channel Telecom at a time of rapid growth for our company. Our sales of Ethernet and hosted voice are surging as our channel partners communicate the major benefits of these new technologies to their customers. I will be supporting our teams and partners and aim to lead from the front."

Clifford Norton stated, "Steve has been with me from almost the beginning and his loyalty and commitment to the Channel Telecom ethos is rock solid. He is definitely the guy to take us forward as we look ahead to another record year for sales revenue."