AT&T is a Fortune 100 communications services company serving more than 45 million customers in the United States and 16 other countries. AT&T provides a full array of voice and broadband data and e-commerce solutions, including managed Web hosting and other Internet services. AT&T is the largest facilities-based services company in Charleston with nearly 500 employees and more than $483 million in capital investment in the Lowcountry. BellSouth provides businesses in the Charleston Digital Corridor with redundant data services, such as ATM, SmartRing, Gigabit Ethernet and Lightgate service to name a few - all served by more than 35,000 miles of fiber optic cable and 70 self-healing SONET facilities.

Home Telephone Company is an independent telecommunications company located in beautiful Berkeley County, South Carolina. Home provides full-service, quality telecommunications throughout Berkeley County and part of Dorchester County. It is a "one-stop shop" for telecommunications services including local and long distance telephone services, cable television, Internet access and paging. Home Telephone Company continues to grow and today has an all-digital central office serving 23,000 access lines.

Nuvox offers a comprehensive selection of high-speed Internet access, data, local, long distance, and enhanced telecommunications services. Nuvox has a fully deployed network including Cisco packet-based switches, Lucent Technologies, Inc. AnyMediaTM 5ESS-2000 switches, Siemens Information and Communications Networks EWSD digital switches, and 80 co-locations across the South.

Charleston is easily accessible from anywhere in the world. Due to increased demand, air service to and from the Charleston region continues to grow. The Charleston International Airport is steadily expanding flight schedules to both domestic and international destinations.

Charleston's airport is served by five airlines, and handles approximately 124 daily flights. A sixth airline will begin service in 2011. The Charleston region is also home to six executive airports to accommodate corporate and personal aircraft.

• 3 interstate highways: I-26 (east/west); I-95 (north/south); I-526 (perimeter east/west)
• 3 major U.S. highways
• 7 major state highways. The primary interstate highway artery into and out of Charleston is I-26.
• Interstate highways I-95, I-77, I-20, I-85 and I-40 are all directly linked to Charleston via I-26.

More than 150 trucking firms serve the region. 

CSX and Norfolk Southern both operate large, well-equipped rail yards in Charleston

• Dedicated intermodal trains for service to key markets
• Daily express services inbound and outbound
• Double stack, COFC and TOFC services
• Exceptionally high and wide rail clearances for out-of-gauge cargo

The Port of Charleston is one of the busiest container ports along the Southeast and Gulf coasts. Northern Europe and Asia are the port's top markets, combining for 63% of total volume, but more than 140 countries in all are served directly from Charleston's docks.

Charleston's port terminals are closer to the open sea than any competing port by a significant margin. With deep, wide channels and a short traveling distance, Charleston's facilities allow ships to spend minimal time in-port.

Efficiency

• Cited by customers as the most productive container port in North America
• Recent capital investments and more streamlined procedures have cut trucker turn time in the yards by more than half
• The Port uses the ORION computer system to expedite the cargo clearance process (most cleared up to three days prior to arrival)
• A new Yard Management System provides up-to-date information on cargo shipments