SBC Communications Announces Multimillion-Dollar Contract With Maritz Inc.
Voice And Data Services Contract Covers Maritz Locations In 16 States From Coast To Coast
San Antonio, Texas-/August 16, 2004 - Wi-Fi Technology News/- SBC Communications Inc. (NYSE: SBC) announced a new contract with St. Louis-based Maritz Inc. ? the world's largest source of integrated performance improvement, travel, and marketing research services ? for voice and data services in 16 states.
Under terms of the contract, SBC companies will provide local and long distance voice services and a total upgrade of the company's core and edge data networking equipment. The contract covers Maritz locations in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, and Virginia.
"Our needs in terms of voice and data services were fairly straightforward," said Mark Bryzeal, division vice president, Maritz Inc. "We wanted to cut network costs by at least 15 percent, and continue to maintain the same high level of network availability for our internal users and external customers. SBC heard that challenge and came through with a solution that met our needs."
"The scope and scale of our contract with Maritz further demonstrates our ability to provide comprehensive voice and data services to enterprise customers with locations across the nation," said Bob Ferguson, president, SBC Global Markets. "Regardless of a customer's location, SBC companies have the solution to get the job done."
About Maritz Inc.
Maritz Inc., based in St. Louis, is ranked No. 166 on the most recent Forbes list of 500 Largest Private Companies. Maritz provides market and customer research, communications, learning solutions, incentive initiatives, meetings and event management, rewards and recognition, travel management services, and customer loyalty programs. Maritz has key offices in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Spain. For more information, visit the Web site http://www.maritz.com.
About SBC
SBC Communications Inc. is a Fortune 50 company whose subsidiaries, operating under the SBC brand, provide a full range of voice, data, networking, e-business, directory publishing and advertising, and related services to businesses, consumers and other telecommunications providers. SBC holds a 60 percent ownership interest in Cingular Wireless, which serves 25 million wireless customers. SBC companies provide high-speed DSL Internet access lines to more American consumers than any other provider and are among the nation's leading providers of Internet services. SBC companies also now offer satellite TV service. Additional information about SBC and SBC products and services is available at http://www.sbc.com.
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