SBC Brings E-Business Into Reach For Small and Medium-Sized Companies.

SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 17, 1999--

New "Online Office" Provides High-Powered, End-to-End Networking

Services for Smaller Businesses; "Enterprise Virtual Private

Network" Provides Cost-Effective, Secure, Wide-Area

Networking for Larger Companies

SBC Communications Inc. today announced the launch of the industry's first package of services, called Online Office(TM), that combines all of the vital Internet and data communications features that organizations of any size need to compete and succeed in "e-business." SBC also announced the launch of Enterprise Virtual Private Network (EVPN), a robust virtual private network solutions for larger organizations.

SBC's Online Office(TM) brings an array of networking and Internet services to small and medium-sized businesses -- including office networking, desktop support, high-speed Internet access, e-mail, Web site hosting and dial-up network access -- all in a single service package and on a single, simplified bill.

"For small and medium-sized busihave traditionally presented a variety of chall

"With Online Office, these headaches disaain it for them. It's as simple as that."

th EVPN, SBC installs and maintains equipment a in Los Angeles, Orange County and the Bay Area in California, with deployment continuing through September logy 

Both Online Office and EVPN utilizecan communicate with each other. This benefit is increasingly important as businesses use online connections ine Office and EVPN connections through a variety of transport technologies, including Asymmetrical Digital chnologies to suit individual customers' needs. Customers pay flat rates based on the number of desktops supfice, small business customers don't need to trhis unprecedented level of simplicity takes the coming months, adding options such as full e-commerce solutions and network-hosted applications.

While Online Office is designed for the small and medium-sized business that has little or no IT infrastructure in place, EVPN was crrdable wide-area networking.

Rather than n-house IT staff to focus on local networks and e hardware and software levels.

SBC Meets Heightened Demand for Data Services

The deployment of Online Office and EVPN is another important step in SBC's cd services to meet customers' evolving data need high-capacity network for next-generation dataoal has always been to bring the highest-qualityrward to extending this industry-leading quality to a new level of Internet services."

Through its comline Office and EVPN services in its Internet companies, Pacific Bell Internet Services and Southwestern Belthan 37.7 million access lines and 7.2 million One brands SBC, through its subsidiaries, offers a wide range of innovative services. SBC offers local and Network Corporation.