Granite Named Strategic Communications Supplier to OMNIA Partners, Private Sector

Group Purchasing Marketplace Taps Granite as Key Communications, Collaboration and Network Services Vendor to Member Businesses Nationwide

QUINCY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Granite Telecommunications, LLC, a $1.6 billion provider of communications services to multilocation businesses and government agencies, today announced an agreement with group purchasing organization (GPO) OMNIA Partners, Private Sector to deliver communications and network services to the business community.

Under the terms of the agreement, participating members of OMNIA Partners gain access to Granite’s market-leading suite of communications, collaboration and networking solutions, including POTS/Centrex, DIA Ethernet, SIP, Mobility, Broadband, Hosted PBX, TDM PRI, ISDN PRI, ISDN BRI, MPLS, point-to-point private lines and SD-WAN.

“Granite is one of the nation’s leading suppliers of business communications and networking solutions,” said Michael Angelo, Vice President – Private Sector Sales at OMNIA Partners. “Through this agreement, members gain access to favorable pricing on a spectrum of services, including many that can help organizations connect remote locations and workforces.”

“OMNIA Partners marketplaces deliver significant value to purchasing organizations across the United States,” said Greg Giambalvo, Vice President, Public Sector at Granite. “As a nationwide provider of communications, collaboration and network services, Granite is in a unique position to assist OMNIA Partners in its mission of delivering world-class services to member organizations from coast to coast.”

About OMNIA Partners, Private Sector
OMNIA Partners, Private Sector is the nation’s largest, most experienced, and most trusted resource in group purchasing and supply chain management. OMNIA Partners unites industry-leading purchasing power and market-leading supplier partners to deliver an extensive and diverse portfolio for indirect and direct products and services in procurement. Members and suppliers of OMNIA Partners execute more contracts, in more verticals, with transparent, value-driven pricing. This creates unmatched value and resources and streamlined procurement solutions members can trust to optimize their businesses. Better pricing, a better process, the best products – there’s power in the partnership. POWER. ACCESS. TRUST. www.omniapartners.com/privatesector

About Granite
Granite delivers one-stop communications solutions to multilocation businesses and government agencies throughout the United States and Canada. The $1.6 billion company serves more than two-thirds of the Fortune 100 companies in the United States and has 1.75 million voice and data lines under management. Granite launched in 2002 and grew quickly by helping businesses simplify sourcing and management of local and long-distance phone services with one point of contact and one invoice for all their office locations nationwide. Today, Granite is the leader in aggregating Plain Old Telephone Services (POTS) and has extended its unique value proposition – “one company, one contact, one bill” – to include a range of advanced business communications services, including Internet access, SD-WAN, wireless WAN, hosted PBX, SIP trunking, mobile voice and data, mobile device management, managed security, network integration and much more. Granite employs more than 2,200 people at its headquarters in Quincy, Mass., and nine regional offices nationwide. For more information, visit www.granitenet.com.