AT&T expands Brother's network

AT&T has inked a deal with Brother Industries (Brother), communications and printing equipment provider. AT&T will expand Brother's global network solution.

Brother's global communication expansion plans were carried out in two stages. In the first phase, AT&T connected 42 Brother sites in North America and Europe to its global Virtual Private Network (VPN); in the second, AT&T extended this connectivity to six sites in the Asia-Pacific region.

"Brother chose AT&T because it needed a single provider that could deliver a complete communications infrastructure solution to support its extensive global operations, while offering scalability to accommodate plans to expand sales in Asia and the rest of the world. The ability to handle large volumes of data both very fast and very frequently was also critical," claimed a statement.

“We put our customers first and provide them with superior value by quickly creating and delivering high-quality products and services. A centralized and global communications platform, managed by AT&T, will help us truly implement our global business strategies. I think that working with AT&T, a company with huge capabilities provides us with a very wide horizon of possibilities,” said Tomoyuki Hasegawa, Managing Executive Officer of Brother Industries.

“Meeting the requirements of a truly global company like Brother demonstrates AT&T's ability to deliver services and applications demanded by the world's largest companies. Our relationship with Brother is based on a true understanding of their business requirements and being able to deploy worldwide the people, resources and technologies they need in advanced communications,” said Manabu Oka, president of AT&T Japan.