Knowledge Learning Corporation Selects AT&T for Managed Network Services

PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) has
announced that Knowledge Learning Corporation (KLC) has signed a three-year
multimillion-dollar contract with AT&T. Under the terms of the agreement,
AT&T will provide Knowledge Learning Corporation with fully-managed
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)-enabled Virtual Private Network (VPN)
services for over 420 of its KinderCare Learning Centers and CCLC
employer-sponsored centers throughout the United States. This is part of the
first phase of KLC's network expansion and upgrade project.
Knowledge Learning Corporation (KLC) is the nation's leading private
provider of early childhood and school-age education and care, serving
children throughout the United States.
AT&T's VPN service will also make up the core of the international network
solution for KLC's affiliates, including sites in India and Singapore, and
will allow for efficient deployment of voice and data connectivity to those
international locations, as well as 420 domestic locations under the first
phase of the project. Additionally, AT&T will be providing field engineering
services, Network Deployment Services and international equipment procurement
and installation. AT&T will also provide several hundred wireless units for
increased connectivity and tracking of KLC transportation vehicles.
KLC also is currently deploying several new centrally managed applications
including software and program development tools for their early childhood
learning initiatives. The new AT&T network services will provide better
performance and easier deployment of those applications.
KLC invited proposals from several leading network providers and completed
a rigorous evaluation process. "AT&T presented us with a fully managed
solution offering us easier management and predictable and uniform speeds and
performance," said Michael Long, Vice President of IT Infrastructure &
Operations for Knowledge Learning Corporation. "They presented the value and
a superior solution which addressed all our current and future needs."
The agreement renews and expands a long-standing relationship between the
two companies that spans more than ten years.
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About Knowledge Learning Corporation
Knowledge Learning Corporation is the nation's leading private provider of
early childhood and school-age education and care, serving more than
300,000 children in the United States and the District of Columbia.
Knowledge Learning Corporation's business lines include the KinderCare
Learning Centers, Knowledge Beginnings, KLC Employer Partnerships and
Children's Creative Learning Center brands supporting early childhood
education and care through approximately 1,900 community-based centers and
more than 130 employer-sponsored sites; KLC School Partnerships, a leading
provider of pre-K-12 supplemental educational solutions, operating more than
600 programs nationwide across core offerings including Champions before- and
after-school programs, Education Station tutoring, supplemental education
services, summer camps and academic science programs; and KC Distance
Learning, a leading provider of online learning solutions to school districts
and online high school courses directly to families through Keystone National
High School, the nation's largest online high school.
About AT&T
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AT&T services in the United States and around the world. Among their offerings
are the world's most advanced IP-based business communications services and
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Gina Pernetti of AT&T, +1-916-847-8542, gp7182@att.com; or Beth Daniels,
Corporate Communications, +1-503-872-1519, bdaniels@knowledgelearning.com, or
Michael Long, +1-503-872-1408, mtlong@klcorp.com, both of Knowledge Learning
Corporation