BellSouth and ACCESS Integrated Networks Sign Long-Term Commercial Agreement
Posted on: Monday, 10 January 2005, 18:00 CST
ATLANTA, Jan. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- BellSouth and ACCESS Integrated Networks of Macon, Ga., today announced the signing of a long-term commercial agreement for the provisioning of wholesale local phone services throughout the nine-state BellSouth region in the Southeast. With the successful completion of this negotiation, BellSouth has now reached 27 commercial agreements with its wholesale customers.
"This new BellSouth-ACCESS Integrated Networks agreement is a major milestone in ushering in a marketplace based on free market economics, and it's good for the marketplace," said Rex Adams, president of BellSouth Interconnection Services.
"We are pleased to complete these negotiations and solidify our future with BellSouth," said Vincent Oddo, ACCESS' President and CEO. "This agreement will deliver a strong message to our customers that we are committed to continuing to serve the small business segment long term in the Southeast. Best in class service and real savings will continue to drive our growth."
About ACCESS
ACCESS Integrated Networks provides a telecommunications alternative to small business customers in more than 1,000 communities in the Southeast. Established in 1996, ACCESS Integrated is a profitable, privately held Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) headquartered in Macon, Ga. INC Magazine has recognized ACCESS Integrated as a leading growth private company for 2004, achieving a ranking of #335. For more information please visit http://www.accesscomm.com/
About BellSouth Corporation
BellSouth Corporation is a Fortune 100 communications company headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., and a parent company of Cingular Wireless, the nation's largest wireless voice and data provider.
Backed by award winning customer service, BellSouth offers the most comprehensive and innovative package of voice and data services available in the market. Through BellSouth Answers(R), residential and small business customers can bundle their local and long distance service with dial-up and high speed DSL Internet access, satellite television and Cingular(R) Wireless service. For businesses, BellSouth provides secure, reliable local and long distance voice and data networking solutions. BellSouth also offers online and directory advertising through BellSouth(R) RealPages.com(R) and The Real Yellow Pages(R).
More information about BellSouth can be found at http://www.bellsouth.com/ .
BellSouth
CONTACT: Al Schweitzer of BellSouth Corporation, +1-404-829-8741, oral.schweitzer@bellsouth.com ; or David James - VP Marketing of Marketing &Product Development of ACCESS Integrated Networks, Inc., +1-478-476-7948, ordavid.james@accesscomm.com
Web site: http://www.bellsouth.com/http://www.accesscomm.com/
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