AT&T Wins $27M Contract
JUNE 08, 2005
PR Newswire
MINNEAPOLIS -- AT&T announced today that it has won a $27 million
contract to deploy a global networking solution for Cargill, an
international provider of food, agricultural and risk management
products and services. Under the agreement, AT&T will provide domestic
and international high-speed data, Internet and voice services. The
agreement extends and expands a long-standing relationship between the
two companies.
Cargill has business interests spanning 59 countries on six
continents. The solution will enable Cargill to more efficiently
integrate communications between its remote global facilities.
"We understand the importance of having a secure, reliable network for
the company to communicate with its various businesses and business
partners," said Rita Heise, Cargill's corporate vice president of
Information Technology. "Choosing AT&T to handle these critical tasks
enables us to focus on what we're here for, which is to be the premier
provider of food, farm and financial products and services in the world."
AT&T will migrate Cargill to Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS)
technology, enabling Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), disaster
recovery and class of service with priority queuing for business
applications on a global scale.
"AT&T Calladvantage is using Sonus gear for VOIP". |
