He continued, "Although we were very pleased
with results from our Sprint business,
especially Las Vegas, and the positive impact
of our more efficient operations, we experienced
lower than expected operating income from DonTech.
This was caused by the residual effects of issues
reported earlier this year related to the
administration of billing and collection functions
at Ameritech. SBC has implemented administrative
improvements and is also expected to complete the
implementation of its billing and collection
systems in the DonTech territory early in the
first quarter 2001. While we are disappointed
that this situation has persisted longer than
originally anticipated, we are very pleased
with the level of intensity that SBC has devoted
to solving the problem.

Northern Light

-- spider (spider0@usa.net), October 26, 2000