MONTREAL, CANADA – October 4, 2006 – Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 Awards named Radialpoint the second-fastest growing company in Quebec and 21st in Canada. Radialpoint is a leading provider of managed consumer Internet services for Broadband Service Providers. Deloitte's prestigious Technology Fast 50 Awards recognize excellence, innovation and the fastest growing technology companies in Canada. Rankings are based on percentage of growth in fiscal revenues over five years, from 2001-2005.
Deloitte also named Radialpoint President and CEO Hamnett Hill the finalist for Deloitte's Fast 50 Leadership Award for Quebec. This award recognizes superior company leadership that supports performance and innovation based on competitive advantage, market attractiveness, management effectiveness and profitable financial performance.
"Making Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 is a testament to a company's vision that has resulted in exceptional growth over five years. Radialpoint's leadership team has the right stuff for growth, and Deloitte salutes their accomplishments,'" said John Ruffolo, National Leader, Technology, Media & Telecommunications, Deloitte.
"Radialpoint's strategy of focusing exclusively on helping Broadband Service Providers (BSPs) is the driving force behind the company's growth over the last five years." said Radialpoint President and CEO Hamnett Hill. "Radialpoint has launched and currently manages over 50 broadband consumer Value Added Service programs worldwide. Because these services deliver exceptional business results for our Broadband Service Provider customers, Radialpoint has been able to grow its revenue by 1680% between 2001-2005."
"Sustaining high revenue growth over five years is an exceptional accomplishment. We commend Radialpoint for making the commitment to technology and delivering on the promise of market longevity," added Deloitte's Ruffolo. "We are proud to honour Radialpoint as a Deloitte Technology Fast 50 winner."
Founded by pioneers in the Canadian Internet Service Provider industry, Radialpoint helps the world's largest Broadband Service Providers design, deliver and manage Value Added Service (VAS) programs. Its growing portfolio of consumer based Internet services, technology platform, VAS experience, partnerships and unique shared risk and reward business model ensure the most successful Broadband VAS programs.
Other Fast 50 winners included Westport Innovations Inc., Redline Communications, Airborne Entertainment, and Research in Motion Limited. For more information on the Fast 50 or Fast 500 programs visit www.fast50.ca or www.fast500.com
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Radialpoint is a leading provider of managed consumer Internet services for the world's largest Broadband Service Providers. Its Value Added Services (VAS) are currently available to over 19 million broadband subscribers worldwide. Radialpoint's unique end-to-end VAS business model enables Broadband Providers to generate new revenue and significantly lower operational costs associated with supporting and bringing new Internet services to market. Radialpoint customers include Aliant, Bell, TELUS, Videotron, Time Warner Cable, BellSouth, Verizon, ntl:, ONO and Telewest. Radialpoint is headquartered in Montreal, Canada, with offices in Europe.
For more information, visit http://www.radialpoint.com/.
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Radialpoint
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Dov Smith
Director of Strategic Communications
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dov.smith@radialpoint.com