El Segundo-based satellite television provider DirecTV Group Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. on Wednesday announced an agreement that will enable Verizon wholesale customers to sell a package of voice, DSL and DirecTV satellite services that is designed to better compete with cable company “triple play” offers.

Under the agreement, telecom service providers that utilize Verizon’s popular Wholesale Advantage voice service and selected high-speed data services can also receive DirecTV service and sell all three services to consumers at a competitive price.

“The agreement demonstrates wholesale telephony’s progress as an industry since the Federal Communications Commission allowed providers to enter into commercial agreements for many wholesale services last year,” said David Small, president of New York-based Verizon Partner Solutions, the business unit that serves wholesale customers. “Verizon is dedicated to helping our wholesale customers compete with the cable industry’s triple play.”

Verizon expects to make the bundle available to wholesale customers in July. Wholesalers must buy Verizon’s Wholesale Advantage voice services to qualify for the package discount. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.