RR Donnelley Awarded $110 Million Print-And-Mail Agreement With British Telecom
01 August 2006 - 7:02AM
PR Newswire (US)
Astron Selected By Leading UK Telecommunications Provider CHICAGO,
July 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company
(NYSE:RRD) today announced that UK-based Astron, an RR Donnelley
company and leading Document Business Process Outsourcing (DBPO)
provider, has been awarded a multi-year, $110 million agreement by
British Telecom, the leading telecommunication provider in the
United Kingdom. Pursuant to the agreement, which renews and extends
Astron's relationship with BT, Astron will provide print-and-mail
services for bills, statements and reminders to all of BT's
residential and business customers. Astron will also prepare and
distribute billing via CD-ROM to select BT business customers. As
well as providing this business service directly to BT in support
of its billing processes, Astron will provide transactional mailing
services to third parties for which BT provides total customer
management, including local and central Government agencies. BT
serves more than 20 million business and residential customers in
the UK, with more than 30 million exchange lines, and provides
network services to other licensed operators. "We are delighted to
build on our relationship with BT with this long term commitment,"
stated Bob Nelson, President of Astron. "Astron's Document Business
Process Outsourcing capabilities are ideally suited to helping BT
achieve a range of customer service needs." About RR Donnelley RR
Donnelley (NYSE:RRD) is the world's premier full-service provider
of print and related services, including business process
outsourcing. Founded more than 140 years ago, the company provides
solutions in commercial printing, direct mail, financial printing,
print fulfillment, labels, forms, logistics, call centers,
transactional print-and-mail, print management, online services,
digital photography, color services, and content and database
management to customers in the publishing, healthcare, advertising,
retail, technology, financial services and many other industries.
The largest companies in the world and others rely on RR
Donnelley's scale, scope and insight through a comprehensive range
of online tools, variable printing services and market-specific
solutions. For more information, visit the company's web site at
http://www.rrdonnelley.com/ . Use of Forward-Looking Statements
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