AT&T Announces New Contract with Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority; Voice and Data Networking Upgrade to Enhance GCRTA's 911 Emergency Services.CLEVELAND, Ohio "Cleveland" redirects here. For the Cleveland metropolitan area, see . For other uses, see Cleveland (disambiguation). Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. -- AT&T Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : T) announced today a new voice and data networking contract with the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (officially the GCRTA, but usually referred to as the RTA) is the public transit agency for Cleveland, Ohio, USA, and the surrounding suburbs of Cuyahoga County. (GCRTA GCRTA Greater Cleveland Regional Transportation Authority ), one of the largest public transportation providers in the United States, servicing 1.4 million people and encompassing 59 municipalities in Cleveland. Under terms of the three-year contract, AT&T will provide a new Synchronous Optical Network (networking) Synchronous Optical NETwork - (SONET) A broadband networking standard based on point-to-point optical fibre networks. SONET will provide a high-bandwidth "pipe" to support ATM-based services. (SONET) to increase redundancy and reliability of GCRTA's voice and data network. Additional upgraded services will provide a foundation to support the recent enhancement of GCRTA's 911 emergency services emergency services Emergency care '…services …necessary to prevent death or serious impairment of health and, because of the danger to life or health, require the use of the most accessible hospital available and equipped to furnish those services' . Together, these services provide a solution that aligns with AT&T's convergence strategy, enabling increased redundancy for GCRTA's voice and data network and additional support for GCRTA's emergency services. With the adoption of AT&T's services, GCRTA's employees will be better-equipped to support the 52.7 million passenger trips made each year. GCRTA's fleet, which includes 624 buses and 108 train cars, covers a service area of 458 square miles with 1.4 million residents and is operated by 2,753 employees. This project will also help prepare GCRTA to meet the needs of its customers well into the next century. "We recently upgraded our emergency services and needed a reliable provider to help support those enhancements," said Hamid R. Manteghi, CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. , Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. "We're confident that AT&T will provide the level of redundancy we require to ensure success of this project and deliver cost-effective customer service." About Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority services 1.4 million people and 59 municipalities in the Cleveland area. GCRTA makes 52.7 million passenger trips yearly over 458 square miles. For more information, visit www.gcrta.org. About the New AT&T AT&T Inc. is one of the world's largest telecommunications holding companies and is the largest in the United States. Operating globally under the AT&T brand, AT&T companies are recognized as the leading worldwide providers of IP-based communications services to business and as leading U.S. providers of high-speed DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary Internet, local and long distance voice, and directory publishing and advertising services. AT&T Inc. holds a 60 percent ownership interest in Cingular Wireless, which is the No. 1 U.S. wireless services provider with more than 54 million wireless customers. Additional information about AT&T Inc. and AT&T products and services is available at www.TheNewATT.com. (C) 2006 AT&T Knowledge Ventures. All rights reserved. Subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. provide products and services under the AT&T brand. |
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