Contrivian North Star™ among the Finalists SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA – 28 October 2024 – Contrivian is proud to have been named a winner of the 2024 Gartner Eye on Innovation Award for Communications Service Providers for our Lighthouse solution, in the Americas region. This solution is recognized for its breakthrough approach to improving enterprise internet performance. Additionally, the Contrivian North Star™ platform was named an innovation award finalist, which we believe further solidifies Contrivian’s role as a leader in enterprise connectivity solutions. Revolutionizing Enterprise Connectivity As enterprises move from legacy MPLS networks to SD-WAN and SaaS-delivered applications, they face new challenges with internet services, such as DIA, broadband, and satellite, which lack the reliability and consistency of MPLS. Contrivian Lighthouse, deployed in mid-2024, addresses these challenges by optimizing multi-access

Contrivian Receives Two ChannelVision 2024 Visionary Spotlight Awards SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA – June 12, 2024 — Contrivian, a global next-generation connectivity provider, is proud to announce that it has been awarded two 2024 ChannelVision Visionary Spotlight Awards for Top Innovation Award 2024 and Best International Internet Solutions. “Congratulations to all of our winners,” said Beka Business Media founder and ChannelVision Magazine publisher, Berge Kaprelian. “For a year that saw a record number of nominations, I can proudly say that all this year’s award recipients – spanning Overall Excellence, Business Technology and Service Provider Technology – have made outstanding strides that warrant distinction.” In particular, Contrivian was found to exemplify rapid innovation within the communications industry, demonstrating a cornucopia of opportunities for channel partners to boost their roles as trusted

The powerful combination of Connectbase and CloudSmartz technology provides unmatched automation and intelligence, enabling Contrivian to optimize its network service design, order, monitor, and management. BOSTON, MA and SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA – January 22, 2024 — Contrivian, a global next-generation connectivity provider has selected industry-leading SaaS providers, Connectbase and CloudSmartz, to build and launch Contrivian’s customer experience application, North Star™. With the mission to offer a customer first experience, Contrivian is leveraging automation, APIs, and data-driven decision-making to make it easier for multi-national enterprises to buy, monitor, and manage global connectivity. The North Star application, built leveraging Connectbase and CloudSmartz technologies, is the single source of truth for the full network service lifecycle starting with design, ordering, through delivery, performance monitoring, support and renewal.  “The whole idea is to