E. K. Williford and Associates, Inc., is an independent telecommunications management consulting firm. Edgar K. Williford founded EKW in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1965 after working fifteen years for Southern Bell. Since then, EKW has assisted in managing telecommunications systems and networks for hundreds of companies. We currently have offices in Woodstock, Georgia, and Greenville, South Carolina. We have had the privilege of working with companies in many different industries, including banking, transportation, distribution, health care, education and manufacturing. Our services are useful to any organization with a large telecommunications budget. EKW consultants are experts in their field, including voice and data network design, voice processing, computer telephony integration, call centers, LAN/WAN design and engineering, video, local and long-distance tariffs, the Internet, and others.