AT&T to Start Network Combining Voice and Internet, WSJ Says
Bloomberg News
January 25, 1999, 6:45 a.m. ET
New York, Jan. 25 (Bloomberg) -- AT&T Corp. is expected to
announce tomorrow that it will start a new network called
Integrated Network Connect, or INC, combining voice, data and
Internet transmissions on one telecommunications line or network,
the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unnamed people close to
the situation. AT&T rivals MCI WorldCom Inc. and Sprint Corp. are
targeting business customers with their own networks that will
allow the three types of transmissions to simultaneously use one
line or network, and AT&T's INC will handle twice as many calls
using half the capacity of traditional networks. AT&T Business
Services President Bob Annunziata is to make the announcement at
the ComNet '99 trade show in Washington, the paper said.
AT&T, the largest U.S. telephone company, could not be
reached for immediate comment on its network plans.
(WSJ 1/25 A3 wsj.com)
--Jonathan Make in the Princeton newsroom (609) 279-4065 /jjs
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