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Sprint Recognizes EMW for Innovative Solutions

and Diversity Supplier Contributions in 2003 Annual Report

Fairfax, Virginia — Sprint, a world leader in communications infrastructure and services, has honored EMW for its commitment to excellence in the recently released 2003 Sprint Supplier Diversity Annual Report.

With over 1,800 diversity suppliers and $381.6M spent in 2003 with Minority and Women-owned Businesses, Sprint’s investment in diversity continues to drive its success as a customer-centric company with the inclusive culture required for a sustainable competitive advantage. According to Brian Britton, Supply Chain Management Director, the inclusion of diversity suppliers continues “to sharpen our own competitive edge – providing Sprint with innovative solutions and ‘outside-the-box ideas.”
EMW provides Sprint with engineering, operations, and support services worldwide. The 2003 Sprint Supplier Diversity Annual Report is available for download at:

http://www.sprint.com/supplierdiversity/annual.shtml

About EMW, Inc.

EMW was founded in 1995 by engineers and managers who formerly held senior positions in well known telecommunications and information technology companies to pursue their vision for this new company.

Our core business is providing information and communication technology services in the areas of planning, engineering and implementation; project and program management; systems integration; operations and maintenance; and training. Our competencies range over all aspects of inside and outside plant; feeder, access and inter-office networks; switching, transmission, multiplexing and data communications equipment; network management, operations support, and asset management systems; information assurance; web enabling; applications software; and beyond. While staying abreast of today’s technologies, we keep a watchful eye on technology trends, and are very serious about future-proofing our solutions.

We play in the global marketplace, and are proud to serve a wide spectrum of distinguished clients from defense and government agencies, as well as commercial enterprise. Our watchwords are competency, innovation, integrity, and—above all—respect and care for the customer.

About Sprint

Sprint is a global integrated communications provider serving more than 26 million customers in over 100 countries. With more than $26 billion in annual revenues in 2003, Sprint is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying state-of-the-art network technologies, including the United States' first nationwide all-digital, fiber-optic network and an award-winning Tier 1 Internet backbone. Sprint provides local communications services in 39 states and the District of Columbia and operates the largest 100-percent digital, nationwide PCS wireless network in the United States. For more information, visit www.sprint.com.

For additional information, please contact:
Trey Jones
11320 Random Hills Road
Suite 120
Fairfax, VA 22030

tjones@emw.com
Tel:  +1 (703) 273-5801