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Titolo: [ENG] Williams announces new title sponsor

Source: Motorsport.com F1 News
http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=236536&amp;FS=F1
AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) and WilliamsF1 today announced a multiyear
agreementthat makes AT&T the title sponsor for the race team. Starting
with the2007 season, the team will be known as the AT&T WilliamsF1 Team.
The agreement brings together two of the most valued brands in
theirrespective industries. AT&T is a global leader in communications and
hasbeen synonymous with communications innovation for more than 130
years.AT&T delivers to its customers the world's most complete and
securenetwork that reaches millions of customers worldwide with more
than44,000 points of presence in 149 countries.
"Formula 1 provides a unique platform for a global brand like AT&T,"said
Mark Keiffer, AT&T chief marketing officer. "The shared values ofAT&T and
Williams -- a dedication to innovation, speed, integrity andcommitment to
absolute excellence -- are highly complementary. We expectthat the
relationship between Williams and AT&T will be a key globalmarketing
platform for our enterprise division."
WilliamsF1 is a racing company founded 30 years ago by racingpurists
whose "sole business is racing." WilliamsF1 maintains awinning tradition
that includes 113 Grand Prix victories and 16World Championships
including seven Drivers and nine ConstructorsChampionships.
Frank Williams, the team principal of the AT&T WilliamsF1 Team said,
"Itis a great privilege for WilliamsF1 to be an ambassador for a brand
ofthe global size, scale and reputation of AT&T. It is our firm
commitmentto represent their interests to the very best of our ability on
the racetrack and assist with the communication of their service offer
that we,too, will have the significant benefit of being able to utilise."
AT&T/WilliamsF1/Add One
AT&T aims to help the team gain a competitive advantage through
theapplication of communications technology and will support the team
withits advanced portfolio of Internet Protocol (IP)-based
communicationsservices. The relationship with the team will provide AT&T
with a globalshowcase for its products and services and will contribute
to theperformance and success of the AT&T WilliamsF1 Team.
Real-time, robust and secure communications are vital for a Formula 1team
and the sport is at the forefront of technology. During a race,the AT&T
WilliamsF1 Team will constantly analyze real-time data in anattempt to
improve performance by fractions of a second. During anygiven race, the
teams will transmit more than 15GB of data thousands ofmiles for instant
analysis by off-site race engineers. AT&T will supportthe team with the
deployment of an Internet-based Virtual PrivateNetwork (VPN) to support
data applications and voice communications,mobility solutions for the
team, and advanced hosting and securityservices.
AT&T will connect the team's headquarters near Oxford in the U.K. withkey
partners and with Grand Prix race locations around the world for theteam,
managing data communications during race events and at F1
testingsessions.
-credit: williams
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, 
ale...@sevenseas.org
 says...
Prima la Toyota.
Ora addirittura la AT&T.
Ha dell'incredibile ..... :-)

 Ha dell'incredibile ..... :-)
Io credo che Frank Williams resti una spanna sopra altri manager,
anche se viene da una serie di decisioni errate, e questo si vede
nella rete di relazioni. A maggior ragione sottolinea l'idiozia del
super-sopravvalutato Mark Webber che sostiene di aver solo perso tempo
a Grove.
L'altra notizia che č passata tra le righe č una "riorganizzazione"
del ruolo di Sam Michael nella gestione della squadra: la sostituzione
della gestione in pista di Patrick Head con Michael credo sia stata la
cantonata piů gigantesca presa in questi ultimi anni (insieme al
"tricheco" ovviamente), mi ricordo di come alla sua prima gara la
Williams si fece squalificare entrambe le macchine per un particolare
irregolare...
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Alessio