AT&T wins Boeing telecoms business

AT&T announced today that it has been selected by Boeing as its primary telecommunications provider, with a five year contract valued at over $400 million.   ┬á The contract calls for AT&T to provide advanced network and wireless services to help Boeing enhance its business processes and increase productivity. ┬á┬á AT&T will consolidate BoeingÔÇÖs existing, disparate telecommunications networks into one Internet Protocol (IP)-enabled voice and data network. Once the contract has been fully implemented, AT&T will deliver wide area network services, voice services, audio conferencing, AT&T Managed Internet Service and wireless voice and data services.┬á┬á The Boeing contract follows a series of other large and strategic wins AT&T has secured in the past year, including major deals with Royal Dutch Shell, Starbucks, IBM, General Motors and the US Department of the Treasury.┬á┬á "This important agreement with AT&T reflects our strategy to converge network services, voice services and wireless services," said Radha Radhakrishnan, vice president of Computing and Network Operations for Boeing. "Moving to a primary service provider is expected to help Boeing achieve significant cost savings and increase productivity."┬á┬á Ron Spears, group president, AT&T Global Business Services, said, "AT&T is delighted to become Boeing's 'go-to' networking services provider and to assist Boeing in accelerating its business performance."  ┬á┬á*┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á *┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á *┬á┬á