AT&T Launches Global VoIP Remote Worker Trials

HostReview.com
Wednesday, September 22, 2004; 12:00 AM

September 22, 2004 - (HostReview.com) - AT&T today announced it has signed 23 multi-national companies to participate in its Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Global Remote Worker pilot for a solution targeted for general availability in the first quarter of 2005. 

The trial, announced in June, involves companies with locations in Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia and the United Kingdom.  This represents one of the industry's most comprehensive initiatives leveraging the capabilities of VoIP for global remote workers of multi-national firms.

"The velocity we've demonstrated in deploying this initiative is proof positive of AT&T's commitment to leverage both our leadership position with enterprises as well as our expertise in VoIP-based solutions," said Cathy Martine AT&T senior vice president of Internet telephony.

Based on the AT&T CallVantageSM Service platform, this solution enhances the value of working remotely -- operational savings, greater end-user productivity, enhanced mobility -- by strengthening the bottom line impact. 

"We're very excited about the value this service can contribute to our bottom line," said Eric Wong, Bausch & Lomb Hong Kong's Manager of Information Management and Technology. "The conferencing capabilities and integrated voice-mail are significantly improving our ability to collaborate around the world."

This VoIP solution also is ideally suited to meet the needs of international business travelers moving from hotel to hotel around the world.   With the convenience of a single phone number, advanced features and the ability to avoid wireless global roaming charges, end-users benefit in multiple ways.

"As global remote working plays an ever greater role within today's multi-national corporations, companies are continually looking for ways to manage their communications costs while giving workers seamless access to corporate resources and to each other around the world," said Jan Dawson, Research Director, Ovum.

As the industry leader for IP VPNs, AT&T is strongly positioned to leverage its expertise in remote connectivity to deliver world-class global VoIP solutions. 

The foregoing contains "forward-looking statements" which are based on management's beliefs as well as on a number of assumptions concerning future events made by and information currently available to management. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which are not a guarantee of performance and are subject to a number of uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside AT&T's control, that could cause actual results to differ materially from such statements.