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AT&T Ranks #1 in Telecom on the JUST 100 Rankings

AT&T is #8 overall and #1 in telecom on employees’ engagement, supports it • Our response to the COVID-19
the JUST 100 ranking of America’s best with company resources and joins with pandemic, which is rooted in our core
corporate citizens. It’s AT&T's fourth local collaborators to drive impact. value of being there when people need
straight year on the top 100 list by JUST AT&T Believes markets have focused us. We’re supporting first responders
Capital and Forbes. AT&T’s success is on needs such as building job skills, and medical personnel, teachers,
tied to the strength of our people and homelessness, access to education parents and communities. Our initiatives
communities. The ranking reflects results and careers, among other community include a $10-million Distance Learning
from a comprehensive survey of the public needs. and Family Connections Fund and a
we serve. It recognizes the hard work and • AT&T Aspire provides access to $10-million commitment to Black and
investments that AT&T, its employees, and education and training people need to underserved communities.
its partners are committed to continue, get and keep good jobs. Since 2008, The annual rankings from JUST Capital
particularly in the areas of communities, we’ve committed $600 million in and Forbes evaluate the 1,000 largest
customers, and environment, where we programs to help millions of students in public U.S. companies across 19 issues,
ranked #1 in our industry. AT&T’s efforts to all 50 states and around the world. identified through the most comprehensive
enrich our customers’ personal lives and • Our recently announced commitment surveys ever conducted on public attitudes
make their communities and businesses to achieve carbon neutrality by 2035 toward responsible corporate behavior,
more successful include: across our entire business and engaging 4,469 American respondents in
• AT&T Believes, our localized effort other efforts to create a better, more 2020 and over 110,000 total participants
to create positive change in our environmentally sustainable future over the past seven years.
communities. The work harnesses our using our scale and technology.

BT Concludes the Sale of Selected Domestic
Operations in Latin America to CIH

BT announced that it has concluded and security services to multinational fiber lines, four data centers, and five
the sale of its domestic operations and customers across 21 countries. BT and teleports. “We are delighted to conclude
infrastructure in Latin America to CIH CIH have established a dynamic new this successful transaction, which
Telecommunications Americas LLC channel relationship that allows domestic represents the next step in our strategy
(‘CIH’), an affiliate of CIH Technology customers based in Latin America to to become a more agile and focused
Holdings, announced on March 19, 2020. access BT products, services and solutions business. This initiative will help us to keep
The divested business will operate under globally, and provides global customers the business moving forward and continue
the name of Sencinet. The transaction is with access domestic services in Latin to connect communities, businesses, and
part of BT’s ongoing transformation of its America in a seamless, secure, and reliable governments. Latin America is a strategic
Global unit and will deliver continuity and way. Assets and operations within the market for BT and we are pleased to begin
growth opportunities for customers and scope of the transaction delivered revenue a new chapter in the region with Sencinet
employees in the region. BT will maintain of £110m to BT in fiscal year 2018/19. They as a strategic partner,” said Bas Burger,
a strong presence in the region, delivering include two owned fiber networks with CEO of Global BT.
next-generation networking, cloud, total length of 650km, 2000km of leased

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