Media Contact:
Howard Riefs
414.520.3535
San Antonio and Sunnyvale, Calif., Feb. 18, 2004 – SBC Yahoo! DSL Business Edition has been selected as the leading broadband service by Small Business Computing.com in its 2004 Excellence in Technology Awards for Internet Service Providers. The publication’s readers and editors selected SBC Yahoo! DSL Business Edition from hundreds of products and services, distinguishing it as the broadband service of choice for small- and medium-sized businesses.
The award recognizes the dynamic features and enhancements introduced with SBC Yahoo! DSL and Dial Business Edition. The service is uniquely designed to increase workplace productivity by combining Internet access with a customized business portal that features premium business content, safety and security features, communications tools, increased e-mail storage and online marketing services.
“We have a history of providing superior communications services to small businesses, and SBC Yahoo! DSL Business Edition was created in direct response to customers’ demand for a high-speed Internet service with features and applications that help increase workplace productivity. We are pleased that SBC Yahoo! DSL Business Edition has become the preferred broadband service,” said Steve Dimmitt, vice president, SBC Business Marketing.
“Our focus for SBC Yahoo! DSL Business Edition has always been on ensuring a great customer experience,” said Doug Garland, senior vice president, Broadband and Mobile Services, Yahoo! Inc. “Being named top broadband service provider for small businesses validates that we are doing just that, and we are very grateful to Small Business Computing.com for their recognition.”
Winners of the 2004 Small Business Computing.com Excellence in Technology Awards were selected from products that were introduced or significantly updated in 2003. For more information about the Excellence in Technology awards, visit www.smallbusinesscomputing.com. Small Business Computing.com is a Jupitermedia property, Nasdaq:JUPM.
SBC Communications Inc. (www.sbc.com) is a diversified communications company, owning several of the world’s leading data, voice and Internet services providers. Through world-class networks, SBC companies provide a full range of voice, data, networking and e-business services, as well as directory advertising and publishing. A Fortune 30 company, SBC Communications Inc. owns America’s leading provider of high-speed DSL Internet Access Transport services and one of the nation’s leading Internet Service Providers. SBC companies currently serve 55 million access lines nationwide. In addition, SBC companies own 60 percent of America’s second-largest wireless company, Cingular Wireless, which serves more than 24 million wireless customers. Internationally, SBC companies have telecommunications investments in 26 countries.
Yahoo! Inc. is a leading provider of comprehensive online products and services to consumers and businesses worldwide. Yahoo! is the No. 1 Internet brand globally and the most trafficked Internet destination worldwide. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., Yahoo!’s global network includes 25 World properties and is available in 13 languages.
Yahoo!, the Yahoo! logos and other product and service names are the trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Yahoo! Inc. SBC, the SBC logos and other related product and service names are the trademarks and/or registered trademarks of SBC Knowledge Ventures, L.P. All other brand names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright © 2004 SBC Knowledge Ventures, L.P. and Yahoo! Inc. All Rights Reserved.
