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Convergys and AT&T Wireless Services Sign Customer Care Agreement.


CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 1, 1999--

Convergys Corporation today announced it has signed an outsourcing agreement with AT&T Wireless Services, Inc., (AWS AWS Amazon Web Services
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) to extend the current contract for inbound customer care and related services into the year 2006. AWS is already a significant Convergys communications billing client, and by this contract, Convergys continues to be an important and long-term vendor supporting AWS Customer Care.

This agreement extends the current AWS Customer Care contract by 80 months. It is significant for Convergys because of the number of current and potential customers generated by AT&T Wireless Services' leading position in the wireless market and the length of the agreement.

Convergys handles many types of customer care calls for AWS including general billing, credits and adjustments, account status changes, roaming, and technical troubleshooting. Convergys will utilize several of its 32 call centers to support AWS Customer Care including those in Jacksonville, FL, Lubbock, TX, and Halifax, Nova Scotia For other uses, see Halifax.
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  • Halifax Regional Municipality, capital of Nova Scotia, Canada
.

"We are delighted by this agreement which extends our long-standing relationship to 2006. It represents a tremendous vote of confidence in Convergys by AT&T, an acknowledged world leader in the communications industry communications industry, broadly defined, the business of conveying information. Although communication by means of symbols and gestures dates to the beginning of human history, the term generally refers to mass communications.  and the largest U.S. wireless provider," said Dave Dougherty, president of Convergys Customer Management Group. "This extension also emphasizes our continuing commitment to state-of-the-art customer care solutions that provide our clients with the integrated information and customer management power that's needed to carry them successfully into the twenty-first century."

Convergys has been providing AWS and predecessor, McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc., with billing and billing-related services for 16 years, a period during which they grew to become the largest wireless provider 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. . Convergys has been providing customer care to AT&T Wireless Services for about four years.

ABOUT CONVERGYS

Convergys Corporation(SM) is the global leader in providing outsourced, integrated, customer care and billing services, bringing together world-class resources and expertise to help clients transform customer relationships into a competitive advantage.

Convergys software produces more than one million bills each day, and Convergys call centers handle more than one million customer contacts each day.

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, Convergys employs over 33,000 people in our 32 call centers and in our data centers and other offices in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Visit us online at www.convergys.com

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