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Sprint Becomes Prime Provider of Massachusetts Relay Services
OVERLAND PARK, Kan., April 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Sprint today announced that it has acquired the Massachusetts Relay contract from Vista Information Technologies and will now be the contracted provider for Verizon's Massachusetts Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS). TRS is a service that allows deaf, hard of hearing and speech disabled people to communicate over the phone. Sprint has provided the communications platform for the provision of TRS in Massachusetts since July 2003.
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We're pleased to have the opportunity to be Verizon's provider of relay services in Massachusetts, said Mike Ligas, region vice president, Sprint Relay. We'll work closely with Verizon to make this a smooth, transparent transition for the deaf and hard of hearing citizens.
Through this agreement, Sprint has selected Communications Services for the Deaf (CSD) to support the TRS. CSD will manage the operations center in Central Mass., which employs approximately 80 people and was previously owned and managed by Vista. CSD will also provide Video Relay Service (VRS).
Sprint Government Systems Division ( http://www.sprint.com/gsd ) is based in Herndon, Va., and offers the full range of Sprint product and service offerings for federal and state government customers. Sprint Relay began in 1990 and provides state-of-the-art technology, a full range of features and highly trained, professional staff to ensure users are able to communicate easily and effectively every time they place a relay call. Sprint Relay provides services to 32 states, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the federal government. Visit http://www.sprintrelay.com/ for more information.
For questions about Massachusetts Relay, contact Michael Finneran, Sprint account manager, at michael.r.finneran@mail.sprint.com .
About Sprint
Sprint is a global integrated communications provider serving more than 26 million customers in over 100 countries. With approximately 65,000 employees worldwide and over $26 billion in annual revenues in 2003, Sprint is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying state-of-the-art network technologies, including the United States' first nationwide all- digital, fiber-optic network and an award-winning Tier 1 Internet backbone. Sprint provides local communications services in 39 states and the District of Columbia and operates the largest 100-percent digital, nationwide PCS wireless network in the United States. For more information, visit http://www.sprint.com/ .
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CONTACT: Stephanie Taliaferro of Sprint, +1-913-794-3658,stephanie.c.taliaferro@mail.sprint.com
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