IXC & Time Warner Team On Long Distance Services
July 27, 1998
AUSTIN, TEXAS, U.S.A., Newsbytes via NewsEdge
Corporation : IXC Communications [NASDAQ:IIXC) has
announced it isteaming up with Time Warner Telecom to
allow Time Warner to offer long distance services
alongside its competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC)
services.
Under the terms of the two-year agreement, IXC will
provide a wide variety of telecommunications services,
including domestic and international long distance, 800,
operator assisted, directory assistance, and calling card
services.
According to IXC, it will also supply end user billing
facilities, back office support, and customer services --
features which the company says will allow Time Warner
Telecom to supply branded long distance services to its
local dial tone customers.
"The partnership with Time Warner Telecom marks a
significant penetration into an important emerging
market," said Ben Scott, IXC's chairman.
According to IXC, its network will play a central role in
Time Warner Telecom's nationwide activation plan that
will connect several major US cities over the next 60
days, including Albany, Austin, Binghamton, Charlotte,
Cincinnati, Columbus, Greensboro, Houston,
Indianapolis, New York, Memphis, Milwaukee, Orlando,
Raleigh, Rochester, San Antonio, San Diego and Tampa.
IXC's Web site is at www.ixc-comm.com .
Reported by Newsbytes News Network,
newsbytes.com .
(19980724/Press Contact: Melissa Jackson, IXC
512-231-5247; Bob Meldrum, Time Warner Telecom
303-566-1354/WIRES TELECOM, BUSINESS/)
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