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GRIDNET ANNOUNCES FIVE YEAR CONTRACT WITH NTR-NET
CORPORATION
ATLANTA (Oct. 2) BUSINESS WIRE -Oct. 2, 1996--GridNet International
announced today that it has signed a five year agreement with UniDial
Communications and NTR-NET Corporation to supply Internet access
services worth $168 million.
This relationship demonstrates GridNet's aggressive plan to penetrate
the wholesale Internet access market with strong partners who are
positioned to bring the full range of Internet services to their
customers.
"NTR-NET Corporation's goal is to be the wholesale Internet service
provider of choice to other Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and
resellers of long distance. GridNet provides NTR-NET (pronounced
"in-ter-net") with a nationwide network that has been designed to
accommodate the continued evolution we are seeing as local ISPs grow
into regional and national service providers," said Dave Duggins, chief
executive officer of NTR-NET.
The agreement affirms GridNet's long term commitment to NTR-NET and
resellers such as UniDial for the long term and allows resellers to be a
full service provider for those customers looking for one-stop shopping.
NTR-NET's strategic relationship with UniDial, one of the country's
most progressive resellers of telecommunications services, creates a
nationwide distribution channel for the NTR-NET Internet services which
include local dial-up access, web hosting services and dedicated
circuits to the Internet.
"There is significant demand in the marketplace to consolidate
telecommunications services on a single invoice," said O.G. Greene,
president and chief executive officer of GridNet International.
"Companies such as NTR-NET are providing the avenue for long distance
resellers to include Internet services in their current billing
structure. The relationship between NTR-NET as a wholesale ISP and
UniDial, a long distance reseller, will allow one of the fastest growing
long distance resellers to provide its customers with a more robust
service offering." said Greene.
"Internet services are the wave of the future, only the future is
already here today. Because of our partnership with GridNet and NTR-NET,
Unidial is now ready to bring the full power of the Internet to our
customers. With GridNet's network architecture, unparalleled security
strategy and premium customer services, UniDial now has a nationwide
offering that represents the next generation of network services," said
Sherman Henderson, president of Unidial.
GridNet International, a majority owned subsidiary of WorldCom, Inc. is
focused on wholesale business-to-business Internet and Intranet
solutions. Headquartered in suburban Atlanta, GridNet provides a full
breadth of Internet access and network options as well as a complete
range of customer support services. Incorporated in 1995, GridNet is
providing wholesale service to companies such as UniDial, Inc., NTR-NET,
OKNet, FRANKLIN TELECOM, and serving as an Interconnecting Internet
Provider for BellAtlantic and BellSouth. For more information, visit
GridNet's web site at gridnet.com.
WorldCom, Inc. is one of the largest long distance telecommunications
companies in the United States, offering domestic and international
voice, data and video products and services to business customers, other
carriers and the residential market. The company operates a nationwide
digital fiber optic network in the United States and has worldwide
network capacity. The common shares of WorldCom, Inc. trade on The
NASDAQ Stock Market's National Market under the symbol WCOM.
NTR-NET Corporation is a Louisville-based high-technology company using
the Internet to provide communication solutions across the country.
NTR-NET provided high-capacity Internet connectivity for the PGA's 78th
championship. The company serves thousands of individual customers
nationally with fast, reliable Internet access, email and other
services. It also houses corporate web sites and provides dedicated
lines for major companies such as LG&E Energy, KFC, Papa John's and
General Media. Additionally, the company provides wholesale Internet
services to other Internet providers. For more information, call
800/962-3750 or visit our web site at ntr.net.
UniDial markets its products and services through a revolutionary Agency
program. This independent Agency program gives UniDial Agents, who own
their own businesses, the ultimate return on their hard work and a
vested interest in their customer base. For more information on
UniDial's vast array of products or unique Agency program, call
800/895-7474 or visit our web site at unidial.com. |
