XLN Telecom wins Best Business Award for Best SME

Online, May 18, 2010 (Newswire.com) - XLN Telecom - the UK's leading provider of telecoms services for small business - has been named winner of the Small- to Medium-sized Enterprise category of the 2010 Best Business Awards.

The Best Business Awards highlight and reward excellence across the private and public sectors, and help firms build upon their success.

It's the third award the company has notched up in as many months, having already received a Fast Growth Business Award in March and a Global Business Excellence Award in April. And next month the company's CEO Christian Nellemann will learn whether he has won the London and South category of the 2010 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards.

XLN Telecom specialises in providing small businesses high quality, low-cost fixed-line, mobile and internet services. Today it has over 125,000 customers. Co-founded by Christian Nellemann in 2002, XLN Telecom now employs 145 staff at its Vauxhall head-office and has a turnover in excess of £54 million per annum, having grown by 36% in 2009.

Andrew Areoff, Chairman of the Award Judges said:
"It is XLN's unrelenting focus on the customer that sets it apart. They have identified a niche providing telecoms support to the small business sector and expertly exploited it to take the business from strength to strength. With the lowest customer churn in the market, a 50% increase in market share over the last two years, an 80% increase in turnover and a 300% increase in operating profit they are one to watch in the telecoms sector. A well run business with a clear and focused strategy for growth."

Christian Nellemann commented:
"To be recognised so consistently for our work aimed at small businesses across the UK is very exciting. It only strengthens our determination to ensure our customers get the best value communications services on the market."

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About XLN
XLN is committed to providing the lowest cost telecom services and highest customer service levels to the UK's small business community. Founded in 2002, XLN is now the UK's largest independent provider of telecom services to small businesses in Britain having over 125,000 business customers across the country. In 2007, XLN was ranked as the highest placed telco company in the The Sunday Times Tech Track and was listed for a second consecutive year in 2008. In 2009, the company was a finalist in the Customer Focus Award category of the National Business Awards. In the same year, XLN achieved CarbonNeutral® status, making it one of the first companies in its sector to earn this certification. XLN's founders are Christian Nellemann and Anthony Karibian. In 2006, Christian Nellemann was a winner of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Technology and Communication.

Contact details
Christian Nellemann (XLN Telecom) 020 7793 5533

Toby Hall (gth media) 020 3103 3903
Jonathan Kinsella (gth media) 020 3103 3904