AT&T announces competitively priced ISDN services for intrastate & intraLATA usage.

BEDMINSTER, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 1996--

- First long-distance carrier to provide complete solution

integrating intraLATA and long-distance ISDN services -

AT&T announced today a complete spectrum of competitively priced intrastate and intraLATA Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) services, making it the first long-distance provider to combine these with its interstate and international ISDN products. These offerings give businesses a flexible choice for stand-alone capabilities or complete packages coupled with their voice networks.

Provided via AT&T's Switched Digital Services (SDS) and Software Defined Data Network (SDDN), these services will enable both large and small business users - including small office/home office (SOHO) users - to support a diverse range of applications. These applications include desktop and room video conferencing; collaborative computing; high-speed data file transfer; LAN connection; telecommuting and distance learning.

"When combined with our interstate and international ISDN services, intrastate and intraLATA ISDN will stimulate a wide range of business solutions from video conferencing to telemedicine," said Dick Slezak, managing director, Global ISDN, AT&T. "The ISDN interexchange market is expected to grow more than 80 percent annually, passing the $1-billion mark before the year 2000. AT&T is poised to capitalize on this tremendous growth with competitively priced offers that make ISDN services more widely available."

ISDN lets businesses transmit voice, data and other information simultaneously while taking advantage of advanced features to manage communications effectively and increase overall productivity. AT&T has filed tariffs in 48 states to establish highly competitive rates for intrastate and intraLATA ISDN services when compared with most of the prevailing local exchange company (LEC) tariffs.

"ISDN provides us with bandwidth on demand, when and where we need it, and at prices that are extremely competitive with other alternatives," said Linda Tratnik, chairman, Long-Range Planning Committee of the SDN Users Association, Inc. "AT&T's ability to provide all of our ISDN services together, including our voice calls, gives us great value in our application deployment, price and billing management."

AT&T's SDS and SDDN supply high-speed switched data network services with true, on-demand digital transmission at rates of 56/64 Kbps, 384 Kbps and 1.5 Mbps for business applications where high-speed information exchange makes an important difference in business efficiency and productivity. AT&T has fully deployed switched 384 Kbps and 1536 Kbps service across the U.S., and has made high-quality switched digital service available to over 40 countries. For more information on AT&T's ISDN services, contact 1-800-222-7956.

CONTACT: AT&T, Bedminster

David Thompson, 908-221-4178 (Business)

800-258-0000, PIN 288-7101 (Pager)

or

Lisa Orlandini, 908-221-2935 (Business)

212-593-6368 (Alt. Business)