Our access service also will provide a platform for deploying a variety of new broadband services at the local level, driving additional volume onto our core network. Semple also announced the appointment of Jeff Storey as vice president of local access services, a group formed to implement the deployment of the local network and the development of DS3 to OC48 private line and wave services within the targeted major markets. Customers for Williams Communications' local access services include other interexchange carriers, local exchange carriers, Internet service providers, content providers and Web-hosting providers. About Williams Communications Group, Inc. Based in Tulsa, Okla., Williams Communications has 9,000 employees primarily in North America, with offices in Europe and Asia and investments in South America and Australia.
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