AT&T ANNOUNCES AGREEMENTS WITH FIVE COMPANIES TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO AT&T CUSTOMERS IN 70 CITIES.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 11, 1996--AT&T today announced agreements with five companies allowing business customers in 70 cities to connect with AT&T's network for some services as an alternative to access provided by local phone companies. Terms of the agreements were not disclosed. The alternative access providers are: American Communications Services, Inc., Annapolis, Md.; Brooks Fiber Properties, St. Louis; Hyperion Telecommunications, Coudersport, Pa.; IntelCom Group, Denver; and Time Warner Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX), formerly known as AOL Time Warner, is the world's largest media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered in New York City, with major operations in film, television, publishing, Internet service and telecommunications. Communications, Denver. "At the `new' AT&T, we intend to use a variety of means for offering long distance and local phone service to our customers," said AT&T Chairman Robert E. Allen. "These agreements give us the flexibility to provide high-quality service at competitive prices and are part of our commitment to meet customer needs for business and personal communications, on-line and home entertainment services." The Time Warner Communications agreement includes dedicated and switched local phone service and switched access for business services. American Communications Services, Inc., Brooks Fiber Properties, Hyperion Telecommunications and IntelCom Group will supply dedicated connections for businesses, and AT&T is discussing terms for an agreement with them that would provide switched local phone service and switched access service. None of the agreements involves an equity investment from AT&T. "These agreements demonstrate that AT&T will not limit itself to reselling local service obtained from monopoly phone companies," Allen said. "We'll continue to pursue arrangements with other companies that provide access to customers and also build network facilities on a selective basis to offer local service." In early March AT&T announced it had filed with state commissions in all 50 states to provide local service to business and residence customers. Under terms of the Telecommunications Act There are several laws named the Telecommunications Act
GTE Génie Thermique et Énergie (French) GTE Gas Turbine Engine GTE Global Tropospheric Experiment GTE Geothermal Energy GTE Gas Turbine Efficiency plc (Sweden & USA) fair and reasonable terms to connect with their networks and the prices at which AT&T will purchase local phone service at cost-based wholesale rates to sell at retail. The Telecommunications Act requires local phone monopolies to unbundle To sell components in a system separately. Contrast with bundle. their local network elements and price them at cost. AT&T plans to offer local phone service throughout the country beginning as early as this summer in some areas. The company also recently announced an Internet access See how to access the Internet. service, AT&T WorldNet(sm) Service, and that it would begin selling DIRECTV(r) satellite entertainment service. -0- 70 CITIES CONNECTED WITH AT&T'S NETWORK BY AGREEMENTS WITH FIVE ALTERNATIVE ACCESS PROVIDERS Akron, Ohio Akron is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County.GR6 The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the Cuyahoga River between Cleveland to the north and Canton to the south, approximately 60 miles (96 km) west of ; Albany, N.Y.; Albuquerque, N.M.; Austin, Texas; Bakersfield, Calif.; Baton Rouge Baton Rouge (băt`ən r  zh) [Fr.,=red stick], city (1990 pop. 219,531), state capital and seat of East Baton Rouge parish, SE La. , La.; Binghamton, N.Y.; Birmingham,
Ala.; Boulder, Colo.; Buffalo, N.Y.; Burlington, Vt.; Cedar Knolls,
N.J.; Charleston, S.C.; Charlotte, N.C.; Charlottesville, Va.;
Chattanooga, Tenn.; Cincinnati, Ohio “Cincinnati” redirects here. For other uses, see Cincinnati (disambiguation).Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. ; Cleveland; Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, city (1990 pop. 281,140), seat of El Paso co., central Colo., on Monument and Fountain creeks, at the foot of Pikes Peak; inc. 1886. It is a year-round resort and a booming military, technological, and commercial city. , Colo.; Columbia, S.C.; Columbus, Ga.; Columbus, Ohio; Dayton, Ohio; Denver; El Paso, Texas; Fayetteville, N.C.; Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas, 18th-largest city in the United States[1], and voted one of "America’s Most Livable Communities. ; Fresno, Calif.; Grand Rapids, Mich.; Greensboro, N.C.; Greenville, S.C.; Harrisburg, Pa.; Hartford, Conn.; Honolulu; Houston; Indianapolis, Ind.; Irving, Texas; Jacksonville, Fla.; Knoxville, Tenn.; Lexington, Ky.; Little Rock, Ark.; Louisville, Ky.; Memphis, Tenn.; Milwaukee, Wis.; Mobile, Ala.; Montgomery, Ala.; Nashville, Tenn.; New Brunswick, N.J.; New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ; Oakland, Calif.; Oklahoma City, Okla.; Orlando, Fla.; Philadelphia; Phoenix; Providence, R.I.; Raleigh-Durham, N.C.; Richmond, Va.; Rochester, N.Y.; Sacramento, Calif.; San Diego, Calif.; San Jose, Calif.; Shreveport, La.; Spartanburg, S.C.; Springfield, Mass.; Stockton, Calif.; Syracuse, N.Y.; Tampa-St. Petersburg, Fla.; Tucson, Ariz.; Tulsa, Okla.; Wichita, Kan. CONTACT: AT&T John Heath 908-221-6659 (work) 201-543-0811 (home) jheath@attmail.com or Ruthlyn Newell 908-221-2737 (work) 908-647-6260 (home) ruthlyn@attmail.com |
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