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From Armored Cars to ATMs: Sprint Wireless, Wireline Services to Connect Loomis, Fargo & Co. People, Nationwide Operating Network OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Aug. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Managing cash in society is the mission for Loomis, Fargo & Co., a leader in the U.S. cash-handling services industry. Now, Sprint is playing a key role in helping Loomis e-shape its industry so that it can make sure the money is available where and when its customers need it.Loomis has selected Sprint to deliver a wide range of communications services, including a new data network, wireless voice and data services, and anti-spam protection. The new three-year agreement also paves the way for Loomis to implement innovative new wireless services that can ultimately help it further enhance its sophisticated tracking of trucks and route status for its 2,600-plus vehicle fleet. Through the agreement, Sprint becomes the primary communications provider for Houston-based Loomis, the North American cash-handling services division of Sweden's Securities AB. Loomis has operations in 240 locations in the United States and Puerto Rico providing armored transport, ATM-related services and cash-processing services. "Sprint came to Loomis looking for a long-term relationship that can address our current business needs and help us use communications to grow our company and serve our customers in the future," said Joe Dante, director, Computing and Network Services, Loomis, Fargo & Co. "Our customers include major financial institutions and commercial enterprises, but ultimately it is individual people who depend on us to ensure that their money is handled safely and accurately every day. Sophisticated, reliable and secure communications are essential in that process, and Sprint -- in alliance with Cisco -- demonstrated the reliability, innovation and business acumen we demand in our partners." Sprint is implementing both frame-relay and Internet Protocol (IP) data networks to connect Loomis locations nationwide. Sprint teamed with Cisco to plan and implement the new, nationwide Internet backbone for Loomis. Together, Sprint and Cisco are aligned in a strategic relationship that focuses on meeting customer needs for IP equipment and services through shared market research, joint development of new products and technologies, and joint sales and marketing. Sprint is implementing a Sprint PCS Data Link(SM) connection that offers mobile employees secure, private access to email, the corporate intranet, shared files and other critical applications. Sprint PCS Connection Cards(TM) will enable high-speed connections between mobile workers using laptops and the enhanced Sprint Nationwide PCS Network. These tools will give high-speed wireless data a more prominent role in Loomis's everyday communications. "Loomis, Fargo & Co. has a business that includes elements of both the financial-services industry and the transportation industry," said Nancy Salisbury, vice president - Southwest, Sprint Business Solutions. "This means that Loomis requires world-class security and highly flexible mobile services. It has a nationwide presence, dispersed employee population and customers who demand perfection. Sprint, in concert with Cisco, is the only company with the wireless and wireline assets to meet Loomis's immediate needs and help it develop its communications roadmap for the future." Additionally, more than 2,000 Loomis employees will now be protected from time-wasting spam email through Sprint Email Protection(SM) Services. Sprint has teamed with FrontBridge Technologies, Inc. ( http://www.frontbridge.com/ ), the enterprise market leader for message management and email security, to deliver an innovative email-protection service to organizations around the world. Sprint Email Protection Services help maintain the integrity of corporate messages before they ever enter a company's network infrastructure. Sprint Email Protection Services require no hardware or software to purchase, install, manage, upgrade or fix. Sprint is also delivering long-distance voice services and collaborative solutions, including audio conferencing and data-sharing applications like Sprint Online Presenter(SM). About Sprint Sprint is a global integrated communications provider serving more than 26 million customers in over 100 countries. With more than 61,000 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/ . About Loomis, Fargo & Co. Loomis, Fargo & Co., headquartered in Houston, Texas, is a national leader in the cash handling services industry. The company offers a full range of integrated armored transportation, ATM and cash management services through a national distribution network with over 200 service centers in the United States and Puerto Rico. For more information, visit http://www.loomisfargo.com/ . 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