SANTA CLARA, CA: Covad Communications, the nation's leading DSL broadband service provider, has parted ways with PR agency of record AlexanderOgilvy and placed its account up for review.
SANTA CLARA, CA: Covad Communications, the nation's leading DSL broadband service provider, has parted ways with PR agency of record AlexanderOgilvy and placed its account up for review.
'As our relationship evolved, there was no longer a perfect fit between their needs and our resources,' explained Holland Carney, Western region president for Alexander Ogilvy, which took over Covad's corporate PR business from Sterling Communications in 1999.
AlexanderOgilvy will continue work on Covad's public affairs and political issues, a separate account handled by the agency's Tech Policy practice in Washington, DC and San Francisco.
Covad's search is being handled by agency consultant Dan Bellach, and agencies such as FitzGerald Communications and Hoffman have already received invitations to pitch. According to Sessums, agencies with strong business, consumer and international capabilities are on the shortlist. However, IR will be handled in-house. Account value was not disclosed, but estimated worth is dollars 500,000-dollars 1 million.
