AireSpring Marketing Team named a finalist for crn's 2026 Best Channel Marketing Team of the Year Award. Recognition highlights partner education, industry thought leadership, and enterprise-scale channel marketing execution. CLEARWATER, FL - August 17, 2026 - AireSpring, a leading global managed network services provider that helps enterprises simplify and manage complex connectivity, networking, security, mobility, and communications environments worldwide, today announced that CRN(R), a brand of The Channel Company, has named AireSpring's marketing team a finalist in the second annual CRN Best of the Channel Awards in the Best Channel Marketing Team of the Year category. As a finalist, AireSpring's marketing team is being spotlighted for its dedication to channel innovation and excellence through a sustained program of partner education, industry thought leadership, integrated campaign execution, and channel engagement. The globally distributed team supports thousands of technology advisors, Technology Services Distributors (TSDs), managed service providers (MSPs), value-added resellers (VARs), and enterprise-focused sales organizations. The team manages virtually all marketing functions in-house, including strategy, content creation, graphic design, email and social media campaigns, digital advertising, website management, webinar and video production, event coordination, public relations, sales enablement, collateral development, executive presentations, and thought leadership programs. This operating model enables close alignment with channel partners and sales leadership, faster execution, and consistent brand and partner communications. AireSpring's partner education programs include monthly technical bootcamps and training webinars offered at no cost to partners. The team also produces the annual AireSpring State of the Channel Industry Roundtable, which for six consecutive years has brought together executives from the channel's leading, and competing TSDs for candid discussions about the future of the channel, technology trends, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, managed services, and market evolution. Independently organized outside of a major trade show or analyst event, the roundtable has become one of AireSpring's most anticipated partner and industry thought leadership programs. During the past year, the team coordinated AireSpring's participation in more than 200 partner and industry events while simultaneously executing integrated campaigns, partner communications, webinars, website and social media programs, public relations initiatives, customer case studies and partner success stories, presentations, and sales enablement materials. The breadth of this work reflects the team's ability to deliver enterprise-scale channel marketing through a collaborative, and fully in-house organization. The CRN Best of the Channel Awards honors individual leaders, teams, and companies setting an example with their visionary strategies and outstanding contributions to channel success. Winners will be announced at the Best of the Channel Awards Gala in Atlanta on Oct. 13, immediately following The Channel Company's XChange Best of Breed Conference. "The finalists of the CRN Best of the Channel Awards represent the very best of the IT channel," said Jennifer Follett, VP, U.S. Content and Executive Editor of CRN, The Channel Company. "Through innovation, exceptional leadership, and an unwavering commitment to partners and customers, these individuals, teams, and companies are helping shape the future of the channel. We are proud to recognize their accomplishments and the lasting impact they continue to make across the industry." "Being named a finalist alongside some of the most respected marketing organizations in the technology industry is an extraordinary honor for our team," said Ellen Cahill, Senior Vice President of Marketing at AireSpring. "We are a highly collaborative, hands-on group, and every team member contributes directly to developing and executing the education, content, campaigns, events, and tools our partners rely on. I am proud of the creativity, discipline, and commitment this team brings to supporting the channel every day. This recognition belongs to all of them." The full list of CRN Best of the Channel Award finalists can be viewed online at crn.com/best-of-the-channel-awards. About AireSpring Founded in 2001, AireSpring is a founder-led global managed network services provider delivering managed connectivity, networking, security, mobility, and unified communications solutions to enterprises worldwide. AireSpring combines its proprietary AIreCONTROL(R) IT service management platform with highly personalized customer support to simplify the management of complex global networks. Through direct relationships with more than 265 carriers across 190 countries, AireSpring provides organizations with a single-source solution for global connectivity with one contract, one bill, and one point of contact. AireSpring delivers its services exclusively through a network of Technology Services Distributors (TSDs), MSPs, and value-added resellers (VARs). For more information, visit www.airespring.com or follow AireSpring on LinkedIn About The Channel Company The Channel Company (TCC) is the global leader in channel growth for the world's top technology brands. AireSpring, Inc. accelerate success across strategic channels for tech vendors, solution providers, and end users with premier media brands, integrated marketing and event services, strategic consulting, and exclusive market and audience insights. TCC is a portfolio company of investment funds managed by EagleTree Capital, a New York City-based private equity firm. For more information, visit thechannelco.com. Follow The Channel Company: LinkedIn, X (C) 2026 The Channel Company, Inc. The Channel Company logo is a registered trademark of The Channel Company, Inc. All other trademarks and trade names are the properties of their respective owners. All rights reserved. The Channel Company Contact: Lindsay Sawyer The Channel Company [email protected]

AireSpring receives Industry Innovators Award for AIreCONTROL ITSM platform. CLEARWATER, FL - July 9, 2026 - AireSpring, a leading global managed network services provider that helps enterprises simplify and manage complex connectivity, networking, security, mobility, and communications environments worldwide, today announced that its AIreCONTROL IT service management platform has received a TMC Labs 2026 Industry Innovators Award. The award recognizes solutions that demonstrate unique innovation and make significant contributions to advancing communications technology. This is the second consecutive year that AireSpring has won this award. AIreCONTROL earned recognition for its ability to help enterprises maintain the performance and reliability of mission-critical IP communications environments. Through AI-powered monitoring, proactive alerting, and automated incident management, AIreCONTROL provides visibility into the network conditions that directly impact voice and unified communications services, including circuit availability, latency, packet loss, and other performance indicators. By correlating data across networks, carriers, and connected infrastructure, AIreCONTROL helps organizations identify potential service issues more quickly, accelerate mean time to resolution (MTTR), and improve the overall user experience for voice and collaboration applications. "We're thrilled to receive this award which recognizes our commitment to building smarter, AI-powered tools to help enterprises simplify and modernize IT environments," said Avi Lonstein, CEO of AireSpring. "AIreCONTROL was designed to deliver real-time insights, faster problem resolution, and a significantly better customer experience across the entire IT lifecycle." Fully integrated with AIreCONTROL, AireSpring's AIreMONITOR automated monitoring service helps ensure the continuous performance of enterprise communications and network services by proactively monitoring circuits, network infrastructure, and connected equipment across both AireSpring and third-party provider environments. When potential issues are detected, support cases are proactively opened and managed by AireSpring's 24/7 Network Operations Center. "Earning a TMC Labs INTERNET TELEPHONY Innovation Award is a strong indication of both technological excellence and market impact," said Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC. "AireSpring has demonstrated exceptional innovation through AIreCONTROL, delivering meaningful value to customers while helping advance the future of IP communications. We congratulate the entire team on this well-deserved recognition and look forward to their continued leadership and innovation in the industry." About AireSpring Founded in 2001, AireSpring is a global managed network services provider delivering managed connectivity, networking, security, mobility, and unified communications solutions to enterprises worldwide. The company remains founder-led, combining its proprietary AIreCONTROL IT service management platform with highly personalized customer support to simplify the management of complex global networks. Through direct relationships with more than 265 carriers across 190 countries, AireSpring provides organizations with a single-source solution for global connectivity with one contract, one bill, and one point of contact. AireSpring delivers its services exclusively through a network of technology services distributors, MSPs, and value-added resellers (VARs).

AIreCONTROL recognized with 2026 IT Product of the Year Award for advancing AI-Driven Network Operations. CLEARWATER, FL - May 21, 2026 - AireSpring, a leading global managed network services provider that helps enterprises simplify and manage complex connectivity, networking, security, mobility, and communications environments worldwide, today announced that it has received a 2026 IT Product of the Year Award from TMC for its AIreCONTROL ITSM platform and its transformational impact on enterprise network management. In response to customers' growing need to simplify complex network management and IT operations, AireSpring combines connectivity, security, and managed services through its AI-powered AIreCONTROL platform. Backed by certified Tier 3 engineers and a 24/7 Network Operations Center (NOC), AIreCONTROL delivers a fully managed experience that helps organizations proactively identify, monitor, and resolve network issues before they impact business operations. Powered by AIreMONITOR, the platform continuously analyzes network and operational data to help ensure reliable, secure performance across complex enterprise environments. Key features of the platform include: * AIOps-powered Network Monitoring & Insights: AIreCONTROL continuously analyzes data across AireSpring's managed network endpoints to detect and address issues that hinder communications such as packet loss, latency, jitter, and network performance degradation. * Global Data Gathering & Outage Awareness: The platform ingests data across AireSpring's global network, incorporating information from the national power grid, national weather alerts, carrier network outage feeds, endpoint data across tens-of-thousands of devices, syslog, and security event logs. * AI-Driven Alerts with Live Support: AIreMONITOR and AIreALERT deliver proactive notifications to both customers and engineers, accelerating response times and reducing mean time to resolution (MTTR). * Unified Network & Service Visibility: AIreCONTROL provides a comprehensive single-pane-of-glass view across circuits, carriers, locations, devices, and services. "We're thrilled to receive this award underscoring AireSpring's commitment to innovation, helping enterprises monitor and secure their networks, stay connected and streamline their operations," said AireSpring CEO Avi Lonstein. "AIreCONTROL strengthens network management, visibility, proactive intelligence, and reliable connectivity no matter where businesses operate, and we're proud to deliver this uniquely comprehensive offering to our customers." "I am honored to recognize AireSpring with a 2026 Product of the Year Award for its commitment to excellence and innovation," said Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC. "In the opinion of our judges and editorial team, AIreCONTROL has proven to be among the best communications and technology solutions available on the market. I look forward to continued leadership from AireSpring." About AireSpring Founded in 2001, AireSpring is a founder-led, global managed network services provider delivering managed connectivity, networking, security, mobility, and unified communications solutions to enterprises worldwide. AireSpring combines its proprietary AIreCONTROL(R) IT service management platform with highly personalized customer support to simplify the management of complex global networks. Through direct relationships with more than 265 carriers across 190 countries, AireSpring provides organizations with a single-source solution for global connectivity with one contract, one bill, and one point of contact. AireSpring delivers its services exclusively through a network of technology services distributors, MSPs, and value-added resellers (VARs).