AT&T to Provide Innovative Voice Solutions for Tekni-Plex.SOMERVILLE, N.J. -- AT&T Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : T) today announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide local and long distance voice solutions to Tekni-Plex, Inc., a global manufacturer of packaging, packaging products, and tubing products primarily for the food, health care, and consumer industries. Initial deployment will include at least ten Tekni-Plex locations 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. . Specific contract details were not disclosed. "Working with AT&T will provide us with the service and technical expertise needed to remain in touch with our multiple locations and customers," said Mark Woolery, communications director for Tekni-Plex, Inc. "AT&T's voice solutions will enable us to maintain seamless and reliable communication that will improve our overall coordination in creating and delivering our products." Utilizing both AT&T Long Distance and Local services will provide significant savings for Tekni-Plex. Additionally, Tekni-Plex will enjoy AT&T's service guarantees and the ease of working with a single vendor should any technical issues arise. About Tekni-Plex, Inc. Tekni-Plex is a global, diversified diversified (di·verˑ·s manufacturer of packaging, products and materials primarily for the healthcare, consumer, and food packaging industries. It operates 35 manufacturing facilities in both the US, Europe, Canada, and Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. with approximately 3,400 full-time employees. About the New AT&T AT&T Inc. is one of the world's largest telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. 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 Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the , 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. For more information and detailed disclaimer (networking) disclaimer - Statement ritually appended to many Usenet postings (sometimes automatically, by the posting software) reiterating the fact (which should be obvious, but is easily forgotten) that the article reflects its author's opinions and not necessarily those of the information, please review this announcement in the AT&T newsroom at www.sbc.com/newsroom. |
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