AT&T* announced today that AT&T BusinessDirect® Premier and  the AT&T Small Business Storefront won WebAwards in the 14th annual WebAward Competition for Web site development, presented by the Web Marketing Association. Both were recognized for excellence in effective design, copy writing, innovation, content, interactivity, navigation, and use of technology.

The Premier platform is the one-stop, customizable online site for business customers, to learn about, contract, purchase, monitor, and manage their wireless products and services.  It helps businesses of all sizes maximize the value of their AT&T wireless assets.

The AT&T Small Business Storefront, accessed via att.com, provides new and existing customers with an easy-to-use online portal which offers a variety of business solutions. Customers can learn about various products and bundles, make purchases and register to manage their accounts via the internet. The website provides up to date information about wireless, wireline and application services along with pricing plans tailored to fit individual business needs and special “online only” promotions. 

The Premier platform and AT&T Small Business Storefront are both part of the AT&T BusinessDirect Portfolio, a suite of more than 200 productivity-enhancing online tools that enable business customers to manage their AT&T products and services more efficiently. Each month, the AT&T BusinessDirect Portfolio handles more than 4.5 million customer transactions, helping to improve productivity, increase the speed and accuracy of network transactions, optimize network resources and reduce operating costs.

Founded by the Web Marketing Association in 1997, and now in its 14th year, the WebAwards is the premier annual website award competition that names the best Web sites in 96 industries while setting the standard of excellence for all website development. The goal of the WebAwards is to provide a forum to recognize the people and organizations responsible for developing some of the most effective websites on the Internet today.

For more information on AT&T BusinessDirect, go to AT&T Enterprise Business Customer Center.

*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.

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