AT&T Tridom launches new web site - www.att.com/tridom; Features Company News, Product/Service Updates, Interactive Technical Support

Business Wire, Oct 1, 1996

MARIETTA, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 1996--AT&T Tridom, a leading developer and provider of VSAT (very small aperture terminal) satellite communications technology, products and services today announced its new business address in cyberspace -- www.att.com/tridom Outer space is a place where AT&T Tridom has operated for years; now, inner space - cyberspace - has become the latest place where AT&T Tridom customers, prospective business partners and millions of Internet users around the world can visit and check out an entire company with the stroke of a few computer keys.

Available directly, and from the AT&T home page (www.att.com), AT&T Tridom's new website provides easy, around the clock access to company news and history, product and service information, training schedules and online class registration, and even job opportunities. "Our new Internet site is a natural extension of our customer communications," says Eileen McNamara-Raisch, president and chief executive officer of AT&T Tridom. "The AT&T Tridom Web site will provide timely product and service information and technical support and could soon provide the platform for a whole new way of doing business."

AT&T Tridom customers around the world can now use the Internet as a customer service tool that is time zone independent and open for business 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Looking forward, McNamara-Raisch and other company leaders envision AT&T Tridom using the Internet, by early next year, to deliver the latest VSAT software upgrades to customers worldwide.

"AT&T Tridom has built its satellite services and technology business based on a commitment to customer service and customer communication," says Michael Escoe, director of national sales and marketing for AT&T Tridom. "This new Internet site will enhance AT&T Tridom's ability to reach out and communicate with our customers worldwide, providing a value-added resource for VSAT solutions and customer service."

Information on the AT&T Tridom web site will be ever-changing and evolving, with the latest company headlines, customer testimonials, product lines, even direct links to business partners that provide complimentary solutions. AT&T Tridom will soon unveil a second web site dedicated solely to its Vistacast broadcast-based video products and services.

"We are providing seamless solutions that blur the lines between data and video", says McNamara-Raisch, "offering both the smallest and biggest businesses cost efficient ways of ramping up business by ramping on to the information superhighway."

AT&T Tridom, headquartered in Marietta, Georgia, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of AT&T. The company develops and markets multi-functional, satellite-based communications products and services that use VSAT technology to address the diverse, global communications needs of organizations worldwide.

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