Category: SBC Communications Announces Agreement with the University of Arkansas
SBC Companies Help Deliver Reliable Internet Access on Campus Via Wireless Data Network
SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 24, 2005--SBC Communications Inc. (NYSE: SBC) today announced an agreement with the University of Arkansas to provide a Wireless Mesh Network solution from Nortel for an on-campus private wireless network.
Under the terms of the agreement, SBC companies have delivered Nortel's Wireless Mesh Network solution for secure and seamless access to a wireless broadband service with a minimal amount of Ethernet cabling required to the University of Arkansas. This service gives both students and faculty secure wireless broadband access to educational and Internet resources anywhere on campus.
"We wanted a solution that would allow us to provide secure access to University resources in a wireless environment," said Craig Brown, associate director of Computing Services, University of Arkansas. "We succeeded in finding this with SBC companies."
"We appreciate the opportunity to deliver a powerful campus-wide wireless solution for the University of Arkansas, working directly with Nortel," said Charles Rudnick, president - Business Communications Services, SBC Southwest. "We are fully committed to working with our customers to deliver customized solutions that meet their specific individual needs."
About University of Arkansas
The University of Arkansas is located in Fayetteville, a city of nearly 60,000 residents, and currently enrolls more than 16,000 total students in both the graduate and undergraduate programs. Fayetteville is at the southern tip of a metroplex that runs northward for 25 miles along I-540 through Washington and Benton counties in Northwest Arkansas. For more information about the University of Arkansas, visit www.uark.edu.
About SBC
SBC Communications Inc. is a Fortune 50 company whose subsidiaries, operating under the SBC brand, provide a full range of voice, data, networking, e-business, directory publishing and advertising, and related services to businesses, consumers and other telecommunications providers. SBC holds a 60 percent ownership interest in Cingular Wireless, which serves more than 50 million wireless customers. SBC companies provide high-speed DSL Internet access lines to more American consumers than any other provider and are among the nation's leading providers of Internet services. SBC companies also now offer satellite TV service. Additional information about SBC and SBC products and services is available at www.sbc.com.
Nortel is a trademark of Nortel Networks. SBC, the SBC logo and other SBC product names are trademarks of SBC Knowledge Ventures, L.P. or its affiliates. (C) 2005 SBC Knowledge Ventures, L.P. All rights reserved.
Contacts
SBC Communications Inc.
Wes Warnock, 214-665-1336
wwarnock@sbcnews.us
Source: Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
