BEDMINSTER, N.J., Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T today announced that Office Depot, Inc. is offering AT&T CallVantage(SM) Service, the company's residential Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) broadband phone service in its 900 stores nationwide and online at http://www.officedepot.com/.
"VoIP is changing the way people communicate and do business," said Mark Amos, Office Depot's Merchant for Wireless Communications, Telephones and Networking. "AT&T CallVantage Service is an exciting new service that will offer our customers familiar telephone features and innovative capabilities to meet their communications needs -- while, at the same time, saving them money."
AT&T CallVantage Service is available to any U.S.-based consumer and provides a local footprint to 62 percent of the households in America due to its broad penetration in more than 170 markets coast-to-coast.
"We're delighted to be working with Office Depot, one of the nation's largest office supply retailers," said Cathy Martine, AT&T senior vice president for Internet Telephony. "This retail agreement is an important step in expanding our distribution channel to make AT&T CallVantage Service conveniently available to as many consumers as possible."
All that is required to use AT&T CallVantage Service is a starter kit found at Office Depot. The kit includes a Linksys wired or wireless router with an integrated analog telephone adapter and a broadband connection, which lets consumers talk over high-speed Internet connections instead of traditional circuit-switched phone networks. Customers then sign up for service with AT&T directly over the Internet with instructions found inside the box.
AT&T CallVantage Service is different than traditional phone services because, through the use of IP-based networks, it can offer customers typical features such as call waiting, three-way calling, and call forwarding, and far more advanced ones as well. Indeed, consumers will get unprecedented convenience, cost savings and control with access to innovative features including:
* "Call Logs," to track incoming and outgoing calls; * "Do Not Disturb," to receive calls only when wanted; * "Locate Me," which rings up to five phones, all at once, or sequentially; * "Voicemail with eFeatures," to listen to messages from any phone or PC and forward them to anyone on the Web; * "Simple Reach(SM) Number, which enables AT&T CallVantage Service customers to add up to nine telephone numbers with area codes anywhere in the country where AT&T offers residential VoIP service for $4.99 each; and * "Personal Conferencing," to set up meetings with up to nine additional callers.
AT&T also makes a "Home Wiring Do-It-Yourself Guide" available that provides customers step-by-step instructions for connecting the service to multiple home phones to replicate the traditional home calling environment and make the most efficient use of their existing telephone equipment.
For those homeowners who prefer that a trained technician perform the work, AT&T has a fee-based inside wiring service to reconfigure existing lines and telephone jacks, install additional jacks if required, and provide limited assistance with service set-up.
To learn more about AT&T CallVantage Service, consumers can visit http://www.callvantage.com/, call 1-866-816-3815, extension 70339 or visit http://www.officedepot.com/.
About Office Depot
With annual sales of more than $12 billion, no one sells more office supplies to more customers in more countries than Office Depot. Founded in 1986 and headquartered in Delray Beach, Fla., the company conducts business in 23 countries and employs 46,000 people worldwide.
Office Depot is a leader in every distribution channel -- from retail stores and contract delivery to catalogs and e-commerce. The company is the world's number three online retailer -- generating $2.6B in sales for FY'03. In North America, Office Depot has 923 retail stores in addition to a national business-to-business delivery network supported by 22 delivery centers, more than 60 local sales offices and 13 regional call centers.
About AT&T
For more than 125 years, AT&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.
AT&T 'Safe Harbor'
The foregoing contains "forward-looking statements" which are based on management's beliefs as well as on a number of assumptions concerning future events made by and information currently available to management. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which are not a guarantee of performance and are subject to a number of uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside AT&T's control, that could cause actual results to differ materially from such statements. These risk factors include the impact of increasing competition, continued capacity oversupply, regulatory uncertainty and the effects of technological substitution, among other risks. For a more detailed description of the factors that could cause such a difference, please see AT&T's 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. AT&T disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. This information is presented solely to provide additional information to further understand the results of AT&T.
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"VoIP is changing the way people communicate and do business," said Mark Amos, Office Depot's Merchant for Wireless Communications, Telephones and Networking. "AT&T CallVantage Service is an exciting new service that will offer our customers familiar telephone features and innovative capabilities to meet their communications needs -- while, at the same time, saving them money."
AT&T CallVantage Service is available to any U.S.-based consumer and provides a local footprint to 62 percent of the households in America due to its broad penetration in more than 170 markets coast-to-coast.
"We're delighted to be working with Office Depot, one of the nation's largest office supply retailers," said Cathy Martine, AT&T senior vice president for Internet Telephony. "This retail agreement is an important step in expanding our distribution channel to make AT&T CallVantage Service conveniently available to as many consumers as possible."
All that is required to use AT&T CallVantage Service is a starter kit found at Office Depot. The kit includes a Linksys wired or wireless router with an integrated analog telephone adapter and a broadband connection, which lets consumers talk over high-speed Internet connections instead of traditional circuit-switched phone networks. Customers then sign up for service with AT&T directly over the Internet with instructions found inside the box.
AT&T CallVantage Service is different than traditional phone services because, through the use of IP-based networks, it can offer customers typical features such as call waiting, three-way calling, and call forwarding, and far more advanced ones as well. Indeed, consumers will get unprecedented convenience, cost savings and control with access to innovative features including:
* "Call Logs," to track incoming and outgoing calls; * "Do Not Disturb," to receive calls only when wanted; * "Locate Me," which rings up to five phones, all at once, or sequentially; * "Voicemail with eFeatures," to listen to messages from any phone or PC and forward them to anyone on the Web; * "Simple Reach(SM) Number, which enables AT&T CallVantage Service customers to add up to nine telephone numbers with area codes anywhere in the country where AT&T offers residential VoIP service for $4.99 each; and * "Personal Conferencing," to set up meetings with up to nine additional callers.
AT&T also makes a "Home Wiring Do-It-Yourself Guide" available that provides customers step-by-step instructions for connecting the service to multiple home phones to replicate the traditional home calling environment and make the most efficient use of their existing telephone equipment.
For those homeowners who prefer that a trained technician perform the work, AT&T has a fee-based inside wiring service to reconfigure existing lines and telephone jacks, install additional jacks if required, and provide limited assistance with service set-up.
To learn more about AT&T CallVantage Service, consumers can visit http://www.callvantage.com/, call 1-866-816-3815, extension 70339 or visit http://www.officedepot.com/.
About Office Depot
With annual sales of more than $12 billion, no one sells more office supplies to more customers in more countries than Office Depot. Founded in 1986 and headquartered in Delray Beach, Fla., the company conducts business in 23 countries and employs 46,000 people worldwide.
Office Depot is a leader in every distribution channel -- from retail stores and contract delivery to catalogs and e-commerce. The company is the world's number three online retailer -- generating $2.6B in sales for FY'03. In North America, Office Depot has 923 retail stores in addition to a national business-to-business delivery network supported by 22 delivery centers, more than 60 local sales offices and 13 regional call centers.
About AT&T
For more than 125 years, AT&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.
AT&T 'Safe Harbor'
The foregoing contains "forward-looking statements" which are based on management's beliefs as well as on a number of assumptions concerning future events made by and information currently available to management. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which are not a guarantee of performance and are subject to a number of uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside AT&T's control, that could cause actual results to differ materially from such statements. These risk factors include the impact of increasing competition, continued capacity oversupply, regulatory uncertainty and the effects of technological substitution, among other risks. For a more detailed description of the factors that could cause such a difference, please see AT&T's 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. AT&T disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. This information is presented solely to provide additional information to further understand the results of AT&T.
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