Enable Networks Recognised for Business Excellence

Enable Networks Recognised for Business Excellence

Christchurch fibre company Enable Networks won the BDO Regional South Island category of the Vero Excellence in Business Support Awards last night (20 May) at a Gala Dinner at Auckland’s Town Hall, attended by Prime Minister John Key.

The annual awards evaluate and recognise New Zealand’s top performing organisations who have made a difference by introducing the best products, services or ideas which support business owners.

Each entrant’s performance is benchmarked against other organisations in their sector using the internationally renowned Malcolm Baldrige method of evaluation.

Enable Networks’ Chief Executive Steve Fuller says the company is delighted to receive such a prestigious award.

“The Vero Business Award is a further endorsement of Christchurch’s investment in its own fibre optic broadband infrastructure,” he says. “Our goal has always been to deliver world-class services that transform telecommunications for local businesses and the community and we believe we are well on track to achieve this.

“We have been working hard to rapidly expand the fibre network to meet our goal of reaching 85 per cent of Christchurch businesses because we believe world-class fibre-optic broadband infrastructure is fundamental to long-term economic growth in our region,” he says.

In 2009 Enable Networks also won the Service category of the Champion Canterbury awards and were finalists in the TUANZ innovation awards.

Enable Networks was started in 2007 and has almost completed laying 200 kilometres of fibre optic cables through the city’s business areas. The network is also connecting local schools and may expand to homes under the Government’s $1.5 billion investment in fibre to the home.

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