CCI and SuperAmerica partner for payphone contract; CCI to take over payphones program at all SuperAmerica locations.ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 3, 1996--Communications Central Inc. (NASDAQ-NMS: CCIX CCIX Continuous Countercurrent Ion eXchange CCIX Climatic Change Information Exchange ), an Atlanta-based payphone payphone Noun a coin-operated telephone payphone pay n → Münztelefon nt; (card phone) → Kartentelefon nt provider, announced Wednesday a new contract for 650 plus locations with SuperAmerica Group, a chain of retail merchandise and gasoline stores. CCI CCI Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie (France) CCI CAM (Complementary and Alternative Medicine) Citation Index CCI Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Western Australia) will take over all of SuperAmerica's payphones within the next five years as existing contracts expire. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Bob Jones, Category Manager for SuperAmerica, payphones are a service to consumers who travel great distances and expect more from a convenience store than gas or a snack. "We need a payphone partner who can minimize downtime The time during which a computer is not functioning due to hardware, operating system or application program failure. , provide sturdy, attractive enclosures and who allows the customer to access the long distance operator he or she is accustomed to reaching." The process of choosing a payphone partner involved a lot of homework for Jones and his staff. The SuperAmerica team investigated five providers, visiting sites and reviewing each company's track record. "We chose CCI because they have a proven history for installation, and their `smart technology' in each phone gives them an edge in pinpointing service issues and providing fast solutions." Jones is also positive about his company's ability to streamline internal accounting procedures. Prior to the new CCI contract, SuperAmerica has worked with 35 different telephone companies, and it took hours to reconcile the statements and commission checks for each phone location. Says Jones, "With CCI, I have one contact number for service, and they send one commission check with one spreadsheet on a disk. It makes our life much easier." SuperAmerica Group is a division of Ashland Oil Inc., whose other divisions include The Valvoline Company and Ashland Chemical. SuperAmerica currently operates 630 stores in 11 states with a concentration in West Virginia West Virginia, E central state of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland (N), Virginia (E and S), and Kentucky and, across the Ohio R., Ohio (W). Facts and Figures Area, 24,181 sq mi (62,629 sq km). Pop. , Kentucky, Ohio, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Founded in 1986 and headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., CCI is a leading provider of payphones and inmate phones. The company serves a broad range of government, corporate and independent accounts. CCI currently owns and operates a network of over 27,000 payphones and inmate phones located in 41 states and the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). . CONTACT: CCI, Atlanta Anthony J. Palermo, 770/442-7313 |
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