Extends an existing network contract on operating AT&T networks on Continental's sites for an additional three years.

AT&T Inc., a telecommunications company, today announced that Continental, a automotive supplier, has extended an existing network contract with AT&T for an additional three years.

According to the company, AT&T will operate a Virtual Private Network at 230 Continental sites in 34 countries. AT&T will operate and maintain an MPLS-based area network for Continental and provide services such as hosting key business applications for central backup solutions. All components of the Continental wide area network will be integrated into one unified end-to-end solution by AT&T.

"After a long-standing relationship with AT&T, it was easy for us to make the decision to put the responsibility for our worldwide network into AT&T's hands," says Paul Schwefer, CIO of Continental AG. "AT&T has demonstrated its extensive global reach with a presence in all of our target markets, and the company has showed itself to be very flexible and reliable in operating our enterprise network and handling network services."

Frank Pieper, Managing Director of AT&T Germany and sales Vice President for Germany, Austria and Switzerland, explains the importance of the agreement with the automotive supplier. "Continental is one of our most important clients in Germany and around the world. We are focused on serving the networking needs of multinational companies, like Continental, with global network services — a commitment we have reinforced recently with our announcement that we are investing $750 million this year in our international business."