C Spire Named Cisco Collaboration Partner of the Year for the USA Central Area at Cisco Partner Summit 2025

RIDGELAND, Miss.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--C Spire, a leading national advanced technology company, has been named Cisco Collaboration Partner of the Year for the USA Central Area at Cisco Partner Summit 2025. The Awards recognize partners that demonstrate innovation, leadership, and best practices in delivering Cisco solutions that help customers succeed.

“Being named Cisco Collaboration Partner of the Year reflects our commitment to delivering customer inspired solutions that transform how businesses connect,” said Brad Carpenter, Chief Operating Officer and EVP of Business Technology at C Spire. “Our partnership with Cisco and our expertise enables us to deliver advanced solutions from collaboration and networking to cybersecurity and computing that help drive innovation and create measurable value for our customers.”

Earlier this year, C Spire unveiled the first Cisco Partner Experience Center in Birmingham, designed as a model for modern work environments. The space serves as both a customer showroom and a collaborative workspace, featuring cutting-edge technology, Cisco solutions, flexible work areas, and innovative building components.

The office integrates Universal Power over Ethernet (UPOE) through Cisco routers and switches, enabling smart devices such as lighting, sensors, HVAC controllers, cameras, and security systems—all connected for energy efficiency and flexibility. This approach supports energy efficiency, sustainability goals, and enhanced connectivity, showcasing how digital transformation can improve comfort, security, and overall building intelligence.

Recipients of Cisco Partner Summit Awards are top-performing partners that have introduced innovative processes, seized new opportunities, and adopted sales approaches that achieve substantial business outcomes for customers. The awards recognize partners for their achievements within specific technology categories and markets across the world. Award recipients are selected by a group of executives representing Cisco’s Global and Regional Partner Sales Organizations.

About C Spire

C Spire is a privately held national advanced technology company that delivers customer-inspired solutions, transforming how people and businesses connect, live, and work. With a proven legacy of innovation, C Spire is elevating connected living by providing customers with fiber-powered smart homes, AI-enhanced experiences and 5G connectivity. C Spire is accelerating tomorrow's business growth with secure fiber networks, AI-driven cloud solutions and intelligent collaboration tools. The company, based in Ridgeland, Miss., is the largest, privately held U.S. wireless carrier, a leading fiber internet provider in Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee, and an award-winning tech solutions partner for businesses across 49 states. This news release and other announcements are available at www.cspire.com/news. For more information about C Spire, visit www.cspire.com or follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/cspire or X at www.x.com/cspire.