At T Global Communications Center

After his home phone was disconnected, Robert Estigarribia thought he might have to give up his twice-monthly calls to his parents in Uruguay. But then Estigarribia discovered the new AT&T Global Communications Center in Westlake, which helps people make long-distance calls within the United States and to more than 200 countries. Callers pay cash to use the service based on AT&T's basic long-distance rate, said Ellen Ha, the center's assistant manager.

AT&T's spinoff of its Global Information Solutions group looks to be the phone giant's best perhaps only--hope in the computer industry, a market where success has proven elusive despite the billions of dollars the company has spent over 10 years. "It's no secret that our computer business . . . is going through a difficult transition," AT&T Chairman Robert Allen said Wednesday. "But is it a lost enterprise? Absolutely not."

AT&T's spinoff of its Global Information Solutions group looks to be the phone giant's best perhaps only--hope in the computer industry, a market where success has proven elusive despite the billions of dollars the company has spent over 10 years. "It's no secret that our computer business . . . is going through a difficult transition," AT&T Chairman Robert Allen said Wednesday. "But is it a lost enterprise? Absolutely not."

After his home phone was disconnected, Robert Estigarribia thought he might have to give up his twice-monthly calls to his parents in Uruguay. But then Estigarribia discovered the new AT&T Global Communications Center in Westlake, which helps people make long-distance calls within the United States and to more than 200 countries. Callers pay cash to use the service based on AT&T's basic long-distance rate, said Ellen Ha, the center's assistant manager.

The first resource guide specially created for recent Chinese, Korean and Latino immigrants in Southern California is now available. Created by AT&T, GTE and New York Life Insurance Co., and sponsored by the Los Angeles County Department of Consumer Affairs, the California Newcomer's Guide provides information in three languages to help immigrants establish themselves in the United States, said Sue Kim, California Newcomer's Guide Committee spokeswoman.