EarthLink, Inc., (NASDAQ: ELNK), a leading IT services and communications provider, today announced that Telarus, Inc., a telecom master agent and patent holder for GeoQuote, a real-time carrier quoting platform, has signed EarthLink Business’ new nationwide Channel Partner agreement. The new agreement will allow Telarus agent partners to sell EarthLink Business voice, data and managed services products nationwide across its expansive network footprint, which includes a nationwide MLPS platform and 28,000 route fiber miles.

“We are excited to have access to the unified EarthLink Business portfolio and network,” said Adam Edwards, President of Telarus. “We have a long history with most of the companies that comprise the new EarthLink Business. We know how they work, we know their products, and more importantly, our agent partners like selling their value. The addition of the EarthLink Business southeastern network, which we previously could not source, combined with the rollout of the new EarthLink Complete nationwide voice and data IP service and its new managed services platform, is a welcome addition to our portfolio.”

In support of the new agreement, the Telarus IT team successfully integrated many EarthLink Business products into GeoQuote, its patented system used by more than 600 Telarus agents to perform price and availability research. GeoQuote users now see pricing for EarthLink Business solutions including data T1, bonded T1, integrated T1, local voice and more. Telarus will likewise provide EarthLink Business enterprise network quotes to its agents through its in-house sales solution experts.