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For Release Tuesday, September 6, 2005
AT&T Wins Cottingham & Butler Contract
DUBUQUE, Iowa – AT&T announced today it has won a networking services contract from Cottingham & Butler Inc., a national provider of employee benefit, risk management and transportation risk solutions. Financial terms were not disclosed.
AT&T will provide data, voice and dedicated Internet services for Cottingham & Butler’s Dubuque headquarters and satellite offices, improving communications between company locations and with the company’s 2,000 customers in more than 40 states. The AT&T services offer additional capabilities and flexibility, while helping Cottingham & Butler reduce costs.
“We needed a reliable and experienced company to provide Cottingham & Butler with a solution that would enable us to provide faster and more efficient professional service to our clients,” says Vickie LaGrotta, Director of Information Technology. “With these new services we can be sure that we are running efficiently and we can focus on our business – providing the best financial brokerage coverage.”
About Cottingham & Butler
Cottingham & Butler is a privately owned and operated national provider of employee benefit, risk management, and transportation risk solutions. As the 60th largest broker in the United States, C&B provides consultative services to over 2000 clients in more than 40 states.
About AT&T
For more than 125 years, AT&T (NYSE 'T') has been known for unparalleled quality and reliability in communications. Backed by the research and development capabilities of AT&T Labs, the company is a global leader in local, long distance, Internet and transaction-based voice and data services.
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