EVANSVILLE, Ind., Nov. 18 IN-AT&T-Network
EVANSVILLE, Ind., Nov. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T)
today announced an agreement with the City of Evansville and Vanderburgh
County, Ind., to install the state's largest city/county fiber-based network.
The network will be faster and enable more efficient communications and
operations among fire, police, park, water, transportation and other city
facilities.
"We appreciate the confidence that the City of Evansville and Vanderburgh
County has placed in us," said AT&T Indiana President George S. Fleetwood.
"Our team will deliver an advanced fiber network that provides the speed,
security and reliability needed."
Under the agreement, AT&T will upgrade the city and county's wide area
network (WAN) from its current copper composition to an advanced,
cost-effective, fiber-based OPT-E-MAN(R) network.
AT&T OPT-E-MAN is the company's fully managed, switched metro Ethernet
service that will accelerate communications among all 46 city and county
locations with data transfer rates ranging from 5 Mbps to 1 Gpbs. This system
will easily accommodate future growth and advanced technologies. When
deployed, it will provide greater operational efficiency and communication
among the various city departments and operations.
"We will be better able to serve our citizens because this new fiber
network will allow city and county departments, both at the Civic Center and
off site, to work more efficiently and save time in the process," said Mayor
Jonathan Weinzapfel, City of Evansville. "We are pleased to be working with
AT&T on this project after the great results we saw at the call center and the
hundreds of jobs it created for our community."
The city and county Information Technology Department worked with AT&T for
more than a year to develop and design this fiber network. It will heighten
disaster recovery capabilities by creating a backup off-site. AT&T will also
provide around the clock monitoring of the network which enhances network
reliability.
AT&T's Ethernet services have received many industry recognitions,
including passing the Metro Ethernet Forum's (MEF) most stringent MEF-14
performance evaluation and receiving the 2007 Frost & Sullivan North American
Market Leadership Award in Carrier Ethernet services. These awards, and recent
speed and solution additions to the portfolio, continue to demonstrate the
cutting-edge solutions and enterprise innovation AT&T delivers to business and
government customers around the world.
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