AT&T Recognizes Total Communications with Solution Provider Champion Award

East Hartford, CT , January 23, 2009 - AT&T Business Solutions recognized Total Communications, Incorporated, as a Solution Provider Champion at their recent AT&T Alliance Channel sales kickoff meeting in Dallas. Total Communications, Incorporated, was one of a select group nationwide who achieved the highest levels of sales and service during the 2008 calendar year. The AT&T Alliance Channel program focuses on solution providers who work with the company to serve the needs of small businesses to large enterprise customers.

AT&T Business Solutions recognizes the highest-performing solution providers that achieve specific revenue standards, maintain training competencies and demonstrate specific levels of expertise in providing customers with high-quality solutions and service. As a Solution Provider Champion, Total Communications combines their own value-added management and services with the power of AT&T’s network, to provide customers with high-quality, dependable products and services.

"The AT&T Business Solutions Provider Champions consistently meet our customers' business requirements and deliver first-class customer solutions and service, helping our customers use technology to drive productivity from their communications investment," said Kevin Leonard, vice president of the company's Alternate Channel program. AT&T Business Solutions offers the full range of award-winning services to businesses, including mobility, Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), hosting, security, voice and data services.

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