SAN ANTONIO -- SBC Communications Inc. today announced a four-year primary supplier agreement with Alcatel for the SBC Fiber-to-the-Premises initiative. The agreement will enable SBC Communications to move forward with further lab testing and field trials, which are the next steps in developing and finalizing potential use for this next-generation network technology. Ultimately, FTTP deployment will depend on results of the final lab testing and field trials, as well as clarification of any regulatory guidelines that would apply to FTTP networks.

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