CHICAGO, Oct. 20, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Inteliquent, Inc. (Nasdaq:IQNT), the carrier for communication service providers, announced today that it was the recipient of three ATLANTIC-ACM 2015 Metro Wholesale Service Provider Excellence Awards at this year’s COMPTEL Plus Trade Show held in San Francisco, California.

Competing against other service providers in the CLEC division, metro wholesale buyers rated Inteliquent number one for Sales Reps, as well as awarding Inteliquent top ranking scores for Billing and Voice Value for the second year in a row.

This year’s award winners were selected based on survey results from over 400 wholesale customers, generating over 1,700 ratings via the annual survey conducted by ATLANTIC-ACM as part of its Metro Wholesale Carrier Report Card.

Inteliquent’s Executive VP of Sales, Product & Marketing, John Schoder said, “We are extremely pleased to receive these awards. They are a testament to our team’s dedication and laser focus on customer service and operational excellence. We look forward to continuing to provide our customers with the highest quality solutions in order to address their evolving needs.”

“Inteliquent is unique both in the products they offer, and the quality of service they provide,” said ATLANTIC-ACM’s President and Managing Partner, Fedor Smith. “With the highest rated sales reps and billing, along with industry leading voice value, they continue to be a formidable competitor in the wholesale metro market.”

About Inteliquent

Inteliquent is a leading provider of connectivity among communications service providers of all types. Inteliquent is used by nearly all national and regional wireless carriers, cable companies and CLECs in the markets it serves, and its network carries approximately fifteen billion minutes of traffic per month. Please visit Inteliquent’s website at www.inteliquent.com and follow us on Twitter @Inteliquent.

About ATLANTIC-ACM

Founded in 1991, ATLANTIC-ACM is the leading strategic advisory and market diligence firm to the communications and information industries. In addition to producing the industry’s principal customer satisfaction, benchmarking, market sizing and market opportunity studies, ATLANTIC-ACM assists corporate and private equity clients in evaluating strategic growth opportunities for successful investment, market entry, optimization and long-term planning. For more information, visit ATLANTIC-ACM’s website at www.atlantic-acm.com.

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