With SBC playing the role of integrator and Cisco being the hardware supplier, Ford Motor Company will go VoIP over the next few years.
Now, this does not mean that SBC is getting the business to manage and handle the data network. A few years back they struck a deal with Cisco to do just this type of deal with large customers in the Enterprise space. Likely IBM was involved in the specs and possibly Level3 and even AT&T may get some or all of the traffic. SBC, owning Ameritech/Michigan Bell has the access to all the undergroudn fiber so we’ll see how nice everyone plays over the next three years.