Deloitte Extends Relationship With AT&T Across Central Europe

Deloitte Extends Relationship With AT&T Across Central Europe

LONDON, Sept. 14, 2006 — AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) announced today that AT&T has won a contract to service Deloitte, the global leader in audit, tax, consulting and financial advisory services across its Central European offices. The 12-month contract extends the companies’ existing relationship and gives AT&T the opportunity to provide global networking solutions to connect Deloitte’s professional services business across the region.

Deloitte has offices in 17 Central European countries including Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. AT&T’s global network provides a secure, high-performance telecommunications infrastructure, enabling Deloitte to effectively manage the large number of corporate transactions that it needs in order to service its clients.

Under the arrangement, AT&T will continue to converge Deloitte’s voice and data on an MPLS-based Internet Protocol (IP) network, giving employees a single integrated solution across all corporate locations. Using a common IP-based architecture, AT&T’s network gives Deloitte a global reach without compromising security and allows the prioritization of core business applications to improve user productivity.

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About AT&T
AT&T Inc. is one of the world’s largest telecommunications holding companies and is the largest in the United States. Operating globally under the AT&T brand, AT&T companies are recognized as the leading worldwide providers of IP-based communications services to business and as leading U.S. providers of high speed DSL Internet, local and long distance voice, and directory publishing and advertising services. AT&T Inc. holds a 60 percent ownership interest in Cingular Wireless, which is the No. 1 U.S. wireless services provider with 57.3 million wireless customers. Additional information about AT&T Inc. and AT&T products and services is available at www.att.com.

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About Deloitte
Deloitte refers to one or more of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, a Swiss Verein, its member firms, and their respective subsidiaries and affiliates. Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu is an organization of member firms around the world devoted to excellence in providing professional services and advice, focused on client service through a global strategy executed locally in nearly 150 countries. With access to the deep intellectual capital of approximately 135,000 people worldwide, Deloitte delivers services in four professional areas – audit, tax, consulting, and financial advisory services – and serves more than one-half of the world’s largest companies, as well as large national enterprises, public institutions, locally important clients, and successful, fast-growing global growth companies. Services are not provided by the Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Verein, and, for regulatory and other reasons, certain member firms do not provide services in all four professional areas.
As a Swiss Verein (association), neither Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu nor any of its member firms has any liability for each other’s acts or omissions. Each of the member firms is a separate and independent legal entity operating under the names “Deloitte,” “Deloitte & Touche,” “Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu,” or other related names.

About Deloitte Central Europe
Deloitte Central Europe is a regional organization of entities organized under the umbrella of Deloitte Central Europe Holdings Limited, the member firm in Central Europe of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. Services are provided by the subsidiaries and affiliates of Deloitte Central Europe Holdings Limited, which are separate and independent legal entities.
The subsidiaries and affiliates of Deloitte Central Europe Holdings Limited are among the region’s leading professional services firms, providing services through nearly 3,000 people in more than 40 offices in 17 countries.
© 2006 Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. All rights reserved.