Local value added reseller three6five recently came out tops at the annual Ruckus Wireless partner awards, clinching the title as the fastest growing and largest Ruckus Wireless partner in EMEA.The award stands alongside three6five’s chosen distributor, the Westcon Group, who added the Ruckus Wireless range to its portfolio in 2012, who received recognition as the fastest growing Ruckus Wireless Distributor in EMEA. The awards recognise those companies amongst all emerging markets, including Europe, the Middle East and Africa and were handed out at Ruckus Wireless’ annual EMEA partner event in held Athens in Greece earlier this year.
“three6five is a young company with a philosophy whereby we continue to put our clients first in all things, it is this that has enabled us to build a loyal customer base of African service providers who continue to see us as their WiFi supplier of choice,” states Tyrone Carroll, CEO at three6five.
“Today our go to WiFi vendor of choice remains Ruckus Wireless, and by receiving this award we are delighted that our efforts to support and grow the footprint of the product in the region are being recognised.”
Carroll adds that the very fact that the demand for WiFi and WiFi hotspots continues to explode across Africa, has proved to be the catalyst for the company’s growth.
Growth he says is also being fuelled by demand for services such as free WiFi linked to value-added content, as well as LBS and mobile offloading, as well as the costs associated to the delivery of mobile data across a cellular network versus the offloading of this mobile data onto a WiFi hotspot network.
“The Ruckus Wireless products currently offer our customers a cost effective, versatile and agile alternative to traditional networking vendors. The vendor continues to grow in the region and is today one of the fastest growing product lines within the Westcon stable,” states Tiens Lange, business unit director at Westcon Communication Solutions. “We believe that we are only at the start of where we can grow with the Ruckus Wireless solutions.”
Today its patented digitally controlled wireless antennae arrays, that are built into the existing WiFi access points, enables an end user customer / consumer to experience the WiFi throughput on their chosen device.
“Our partnership with Ruckus Wireless is as a direct result of the long and successful relationship we have enjoyed with our distributor Westcon. The company is our primary provider for a number of vendors and as our chosen distributor they continue to assist us with procurement, shipping, warehousing and excellent financing options that have helped our business grow.
“It is against this backdrop that I can honestly say that they remain interested and passionate about our success, which has led to very successful current partnership and stands us in good stead for exciting future growth and business prospects,” ends Carroll.
