Ameritech is the premier provider of communications services in the Upper Midwest, with 13 million customers and more than 21 million access lines across Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin. It is a company of SBC Commuications Inc. (www.sbc.com), a global communications leader. Through its trusted brands -
Southwestern Bell, Ameritech, Pacific Bell, SBC Telecom, Nevada Bell, SNET and Cellular One -
and world-class network, SBC provides local and long-distance phone service, wireless and data communications, paging, high-speed Internet access and messaging, cable and satellite television, security services, and telecommunications equipment, as well as directory advertising and publishing. In the United States, the company currently has 87.3 million voice grade equivalent lines and 10.3 million wireless customers, and it is undertaking a national expansion program that will bring SBC to an additional thirty markets. Internationally, SBC has telecommunications investments in twenty-two countries. With more than 200,000 employees, SBC is the fourteenth largest employer in the United States, with annual revenues that rank it among the largest Fortune 500 companies.