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Granite, AT&T renewing multi-year contract extension

Granite Telecommunications, a provider of communications solutions to businesses and governmental agencies, has inked an extended Local Wholesale Complete (LWC) agreement with AT&T through 2020.

The extension preserves Granite’s access to AT&T’s traditional copper network for voice services for a footprint that covers 40% of business locations in the United States, said the companies in a statement.

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