Today, NextGenWeb listened to AT&T’s Cathy Martine as she spoke at the Phoenix awards luncheon held in honor of National Small Business Week. The Phoenix awards are given to three disaster recovery heroes whose efforts and contributions have enabled their businesses or communities to recover successfully from a disaster. The conference is a public/private sector event themed “Small Business Innovation” with around 700-800 small business attendees.

Ms. Martine was quick to point out the importance of small business on the national economy, particularly those cities and states trying to recover after a disaster. For success, small businesses need the best tools and technology that companies like AT&T make available. AT&T has invested $55 billion in recent years and plans to contribute another $19 billion that will expand even more America’s broadband networks that deliver the kinds of apps and innovations that consumers enjoy today.

Ms. Martine said, “Nearly two-thirds of small businesses could not survive, or it would be a very large challenge to survive, without wireless technology… small businesses are the heart and soul of the American economy.”

More solutions are made available to AT&T’s three-million small business customers on a daily basis. Those solutions help small business customers run more effective businesses and help further fuel America’s economic growth and innovation engine.

Clearly a win-win situation for all involved.

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