Washington-based Telecommunications Provider Signs Agreement with DCA Services.

OKLAHOMA CITY -- DCA Services, Inc., a Platinum Equity company, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Marathon Communications, Inc., a Seattle-based local and long distance telecommunications provider. The agreement is worth more than $2 million in billings for DCA Services over a three-year period.

Under the agreement, DCA Services will provide its billing, customer care and OSS outsourcing solutions to Marathon. These services include staff to handle local and long distance provisioning tasks.

Marathon chose DCA for its expertise in the billing industry, its system capacity, and its ability to provide a complete service bureau solution.

"DCA's solution has the capacity and flexibility to accommodate both our local and long distance needs," said Marcos Melendez, CEO of Marathon Communications. "We have a long-term growth strategy for our business, and we feel that DCA is the best, most cost-effective solution for our business strategy now and in the future."

"We're pleased to welcome Marathon into our family of clients," said Joe Webb, president and CEO of DCA Services. "We're looking forward to a positive, long term relationship with this company."

About Marathon

Marathon Communications, Inc. was established in Seattle and is registered with the FCC as a nationwide inter-exchange carrier and as a CLEC in Washington, Oregon and California.

About DCA Services

DCA Services, Inc. is a turnkey service bureau that provides comprehensive solutions for OSS and billing administration, including electronic bill presentation and payment (EBPP). With DCA, clients have the advantage of using DCA Services' Web-enabled applications service provider (ASP) model, DCA Remote, to access their customer care data as well as the ability to monitor their daily activity using DCA's wireless monitoring tool, DCA Remote Manager. DCA serves resellers, facilities-based carriers, competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs), incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) and Internet service providers (ISPs). DCA's mission is "to create partnerships with our clients by rapidly responding to industry changes, providing legendary customer service, empowering employees and facilitating opportunities for greater returns." For more information on DCA's range of services, call 405-951-9510.