AT&T SIGNS RESELLER AGREEMENT WITH BAY NETWORKS, EXTENDS COMPREHENSIVE SERVICE TO DATA NETWORKING PRODUCTS.

--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 14, 1995--AT&T and Bay Networks Inc. today announced that they have signed an agreement for AT&T Global Business Communications Systems (GBCS) to sell, service and support Bay Networks internetworking equipment.

The agreement responds to growing demands from AT&T business customers for a single source of voice and data networking equipment, service and support, and expertise to help them evolve to integrated voice and data networks, AT&T said.

AT&T will begin a regional rollout of Bay Networks' network hubs, switches and routers immediately, with full national coverage expected by the end of 1995.

In addition, customers will be able to choose from a variety of service plans for maintenance on products purchased from AT&T GBCS, from basic helpline support to comprehensive on-site service. AT&T on-site dispatch options will range from standard business-day response within 24 hours to premium response within four hours. Help-desk coverage will range from 8 a.m.-to-5 p.m. on Monday through Friday to 24-hour, seven-days-a-week coverage, depending on the service plans customers select.

"Many large and small organizations that are installing, or plan to install, data networks have already worked with AT&T to install and service a voice network," said Carl Pavarini, AT&T GBCS vice president of emerging markets. "They have seen how dependable the combination of AT&T products, service and support are, and have come to rely upon us.

"Our customers need comprehensive, integrated voice and data solutions, delivered by a partner like AT&T that can provide the full range of installation, management and support services for enterprise communications systems," Pavarini said.

According to Gary Bowen, executive vice president of sales, marketing and customer service at Bay Networks, the partnership with AT&T represents a significant new distribution channel for Bay Networks.

"AT&T GBCS's choice of Bay Networks as a preferred partner for internetworking products is a major endorsement of our commitment to leading the industry with the best technologies, as well as the best overall customer solutions," Bowen said. "AT&T has a blue-chip list of customers who stand to benefit enormously from the combination of Bay Networks' world-class internetworking products and AT&T's integrated service and support capability."

AT&T GBCS already provides unparalleled voice networking switching capabilities with its DEFINITY(r) Communications System. In addition, it provides customers with a variety of integrated voice and data solutions, such as desktop videoconferencing and data collaboration systems, multimedia messaging systems and computer-telephone integration solutions.

As a result, AT&T will be able to call upon its expertise in installing, supporting and servicing these systems to provide a full range of service for the Bay Networks data networking equipment.

Bay Networks Inc. is a leading worldwide supplier of a full range of highly available, multiprotocol routers, intelligent hubs, high-speed switches and sophisticated network management product for organizations building enterprise-wide information internetworks. The company was established in October 1994 with the merger of Synoptics Communications and Wellfleet Communications.

AT&T, the global communications and computing company, is the world's networking leader, providing communications services and products, as well as network equipment and computer systems, to businesses, consumers, telecommunications services providers and government agencies.

CONTACT: Glynnis Woolridge, AT&T

908-953-7526

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Sheryl Schultz, Bay Networks

508-436-3636