telecom official logo type private limited company industry telecommunications founded 2002 ; 14 years ago 2002 headquarters millbank tower london united kingdom area served united kingdom key people christian nellemann chief executive officer products phone line business broadband business fibre card processing solutions business energy revenue 50 million 100 million 2014 number of employees 350 london 200sheffield 150 website www.xlntelecom.co.uk xln also known as xln business services is a provider of utility services to small businesses in the uk . as of 2015 its core products are telecoms including business broadband and phone line business mobile card processing machines fibre broadband and business energy . xln focuses on small and medium sized enterprises and start ups and has helped over 250 000 customers across the uk in a wide variety of sectors and industries . contents 1 history 2 services 3 location 4 awards and recognition 5 references history edit xln began in 2002 when founder and ceo christian nellemann 1 identified a gap in the market for a telecoms provider that focuses on small businesses . nellemann started selling business telecoms door to door and after building up a customer base expanded the product range to include card processing energy and fibre broadband . in 2008 nellemann led a management buyout of xln with palatine private equity and again in 2010 when eci partners acquired a majority stake in the company . 2 services edit business broadband xln provides business broadband to small businesses in three key packages basix xtra and max . each package offers different features ranging from unlimited broadband and a free router to free online security . broadband can be purchased with a business phone line or by itself . xln uses the bt openreach network to provide its business broadband and telephone services . business phone like its business broadband products xln offers business phone lines in its basix xtra and max packages . the basic package provides line rental and free online account management and support while the max package includes extras like mobile minutes and unlimited uk landline calls . businesses can choose which package best suits their requirements . business fibre one of xln s latest products is business fibre which utilises the growing fibre broadband network to deliver high speed internet to businesses around the country . whereas its standard broadband offers speeds of up to 17mb xln business fibre quotes speeds of up to 76mb . card processing machines as well as broadband and business phone lines xln also offers 3 card processing machines including countertop portable and mobile card machines to merchants . business energy xln provides business gas and electricity at up to 40 % cheaper than the top providers in the uk . location edit xln is based in the uk with its head office at millbank tower in london . in 2014 the company expanded to open a second office at one north bank sheffield . 4 5 6 all of its call centres are run from these locations . awards and recognition edit xln has been shortlisted for and won a number of awards including ceo of the year for christian nellemann at the bvca management awards 2015 7 best in sector sme telecommunications acquisition international awards 2015 8 best customer focus at the 2013 best business awards 9 ernst & young entrepreneur of the year award for christian nellemann in 2006 10 and 2010 11 shortlisted for e commerce business of the year at the digital entrepreneur awards finalist at the 2013 national business awards for customer focus nominated by lord young and sir terry leahy as one of the top 50 fastest growing companies in the uk at the accelerate 2013 business conference . 12 references edit christian nellemann founded xln in 2002 . xln telecom . eci acquires majority stake at xln . card processing solutions . city beats off rivals to jobs the star . xln doubles sheffield office space sheffield chamber of commerce and industry . telecoms firm doubles sheffield office space the business desk . ceo of the year christian nellemann xln telecom . best in sector sme telecommunications acquisition international awards 2015 . best customer support . ernst & young entrepreneur of the year award 2006 pdf . ernst & young entrepreneur of the year award 2010 pdf . index of britain s hottest companies confirms first 50 members . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title xln telecom ltd & oldid 739745852 categories companies based in the city of londonbritish brandsinternet service providers of the united kingdomtelecommunications companies of the united kingdombritish companies established in 20142014 establishments in the united kingdom navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store 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