Teligence Wins BC Technology Industries Association's Company of the Year Award
The British Columbia Technology Industry Association has chosen Teligence as the Company of the Year at the 2006 Technology Impact Awards.
Teligence Wins BC Technology Industries Association's Company of the Year Award
(Vancouver, BC June 9, 2006) Teligence, a Vancouver company and North America's leader in voice-enabled social networking, was named Company of the Year at the British Columbia Technology Industries Associations (BC TIA) awards gala last night.
After accepting the prestigious award, John Madigan, Director of Teligence and the companys co-founder, made note of the phenomenal statistics and factors that contribute to Teligences success.
Over the past three years we have increased our market share by 54%, outmaneuvering our competitors, Madigan said. Rather than relying on third party software providers, we manage and control our own software. At the outset, we developed and customized our technology to create a unique and innovative solution ready to apply to a niche marketplace. Our technology is backed by unparalleled customer service, which is ranked in the top 10% of call centres worldwide and recognized as a Certified Centre of Excellence by Purdue University.
Teligence was among nine winners honoured at the BC TIAs annual awards gala, which celebrated 23 finalists in nine categories.
"We have lots to celebrate," said Rob Cruickshank, President of BCTIA. "The sheer number of applications we received represents a broad spectrum of innovation, growth and diversity of technology in BC," he said of high-tech nominees.
The BC TIA awards are judged by a panel of experts and leaders in the technology sector. The Company of the Year award acknowledges a companys supremacy in the technology industry and superior business development. Past winners include MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates, QLT Inc. and Pivotal Corporation.
Teligence develops and operates Interactive Voice Technology solutions for chatline services. Serving over 1250 communities across North America, Teligence reaches over 100 million people seeking friends, dates or relationships via 17,500 telephone lines. Teligence gives people choice in fulfilling their social networking needs, providing its customers with the ability to connect with people any way, anytime, anywhere, using the technology medium of their choice. As indicated by over two billion minutes of conversations logged on their systems per year, Teligence leads the people meeting people business in a world where it is increasingly difficult to meet and share a connection with other like minded singles.
Teligence ignited the social networking revolution in the 1990s with Livelinks and then expanded its market presence with TangoPersonals, Interactive Male, Vibeline, and Fonochat. Customers use these voice enabled systems for chatting, dating and entertainment. Teligences head office is located at 1045 Howe St, Vancouver, and the company employs almost 500 people.
You can find more information about Teligence at: www.teligence.net
As the largest and most influential technology association, BC TIA is the voice of the technology industry British Columbia, see www.bctia.org
Teligence Press Contact: Lizzie Whiteford 604-629-6055