AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T Solutions will design, build and manage a technologically unique,
hybrid ATM-frame relay backbone network for the State of Texas -- featuring leading-edge technology from a variety of
vendors -- to deliver next-generation services to state and local government agencies.
The backbone network will consist of network switches and transmission facilities for the transmission of digital information
in the form of frames (or cells) between end-user termination ports. It will support user termination ports from DS0 to OC
12.
AT&T will provide access services consisting of the end link between agencies' locations and the user
termination/backbone node in AT&T's point of presence (POP) or, in the case of long-distance services, the voice
switching node in AT&T's POP. Access service will be provisioned through a variety of technologies, including fiber, digital
cable, digital radio. Access capacities include DS-0 through OC48.
From this platform, AT&T will provide state and local government agencies across Texas a robust portfolio of services:
AT&T Frame Relay/ATM Network Service
AT&T Local Services
AT&T Frame Relay Service Options
AT&T Wireless Services
AT&T Calling Card Services
AT&T IntraLATA Toll Services
AT&T Dedicated Hosting Services
AT&T MultiQuest© 900 Services
AT&T WorldNet© Managed Internet Service
AT&T Toll-Free Services
AT&T Business Long Distance Services
AT&T Private Line Services
Directory services
Interpreter services
About AT&T/AT&T Solutions Group
AT&T (http://www.att.com) is the world's premier provider of voice and data communications, with more than 80 million
customers, including businesses, government and consumers. AT&T operates the world's largest, most powerful
long-distance network and the largest wireless network in North America. The company is a leading supplier of data and
Internet services for businesses and the largest direct Internet service provider to consumers in the U.S. AT&T also
provides local telephone service to a growing number of businesses.
AT&T Solutions Group (www.attsolutions.com) provides seamless managed and outsourcing solutions that maximize the
competitive advantage of networking-based electronic commerce and other networked applications. It uses
state-of-the-art tools to operate and manage voice, data, video and Internet/intranet services, including local and wide area
networks, PBXs, voice-processing systems and voice and data terminals.
NOTE: For further information, please refer to the other three releases issued by the Company.
SOURCE: AT&T |
