BellSouth and Birch Telecom sign long-term commercial agreement; BellSouth now has 28 commercial agreements with wholesale customers.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-13 January 2005-BELLSOUTH: BellSouth and Birch Telecom sign long-term commercial agreement; BellSouth now has 28 commercial agreements with wholesale customers(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:01122005 ATLANTA - BellSouth (NYSE: BLS) and Birch Telecom of the South, Inc.

today announced the signing of a commercial agreement for the provisioning of wholesale local phone services throughout the nine-state BellSouth region in the Southeast. With the successful completion of negotiations with Birch, BellSouth has now reached 28 long-term commercial agreements with its wholesale customers. "The new BellSouth-Birch agreement is a major milestone for the future of the telecommunications industry," said Rex Adams, president of BellSouth...