AT&T Teams with Wireless Advocates to Sell AT&T Wireless Service in Costco Stores Nationwide.Company Expands Retail Presence to Nearly 370 Costco Warehouses SAN ANTONIO San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. -- AT&T Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :T), the nation's leading wireless carrier, and Wireless Advocates, the exclusive third-party provider of wireless phones and services throughout Costco warehouses, today announced an agreement to sell AT&T wireless services through nearly 370 Costco locations nationwide. The services will reach more than 35 million Costco cardholders. "Through our new agreement, we're able to deliver wireless customers even greater benefits, greater rewards and a new standard of convenience -- all at once," said Glenn Lurie, president, National Distribution for AT&T's wireless division. "Costco is near the top among retail outlets in mobile phone activations, so we are positioned to better deliver the benefits of wireless services to a larger group of consumers. Partnering with Wireless Advocates will ensure that our products are sold with care and expertise and that customer service will be a top priority." AT&T and Wireless Advocates are now offering AT&T's wireless services at kiosks in each Costco store location. The kiosks are stocked with Adj. 1. stocked with - furnished with more than enough; "rivers well stocked with fish"; "a well-stocked store" stocked furnished, equipped - provided with whatever is necessary for a purpose (as furniture or equipment or authority); "a furnished apartment"; today's leading handsets, including the Samsung A437 and A517, in addition to Nokia and Motorola models. The Samsung BlackJack blackjack, one of the world's most widely played gambling card games; also known as twenty-one or vingt-et-un. Despite contesting claims between the French and Italians, its origins are unknown. will also be sold in select locations. AT&T wireless service will be sold with a waived activation fee and accessory kit, including a vehicle power adapter An external power supply for laptop computers and just about every portable or semi-portable electronic device on the market. Also called an "AC adapter," it contains a rectifier to convert AC current to DC and a transformer to convert voltage from 120 down to 9, 12, 15 or whatever is , ear bud and wireless case. "The demand for wireless services in Costco stores continues to grow," said Dan Brettler, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Wireless Advocates. "Our Wireless Advocates team is well-trained, experienced and eager to partner with AT&T to meet this demand." Costco members will be able to take advantage of and learn about exclusive wireless plans and popular features available from AT&T, including the company's Rollover A graphic element in an application or on a Web page that changes its color or shape when the pointer is moved (rolled) over it. See JavaScript rollover. See also n-key rollover. ([R]) Minutes and AT&T Unity(SM) calling plans. Initially announced earlier this year, the AT&T Unity calling plan combines the benefits of wireless and wired service to create the largest calling community, with more than 120 million AT&T wireless and wired phone numbers across the country. For more information and for a complete array of AT&T wireless calling plans and services, customers can visit http://www.att.com. Note: This AT&T release and other news announcements are available as part of an RSS feed Summaries of Web site content that are published in the RSS format for download. See RSS. at www.att.com/rss. About AT&T AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is a premier communications holding company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates, AT&T operating companies, are the providers of AT&T services in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and around the world. Among their offerings are the world's most advanced IP-based business communications services and the nation's leading wireless, high speed Internet access and voice services. In domestic markets, AT&T is known for the directory publishing and advertising sales leadership of its Yellow Pages and YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations, and the AT&T brand is licensed to innovators in such fields as communications equipment. As part of its three-screen integration strategy, AT&T is expanding its TV entertainment offerings. Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at www.att.com. (c) 2007 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T, the AT&T logo and all other AT&T marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies Affiliated Companies A situation that occurs when one company owns a minority interest (less than 50%) in another company. Also refers to companies that are related to each other in some way. Notes: An affiliated company is sometimes referred to as a subsidiary. . All other marks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. For more information, please review this announcement in the AT&T newsroom at http://www.att.com/newsroom. |
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