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PR Newswire
May 18
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DALLAS, May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- To celebrate the milestone of reaching over two million Facebook fans, AT&T* is taking two whole days to say "thank you" in the form of customized songs made about their fans. This interactive activity will let
PR Newswire
May 18
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Insiderslab.com has issued insider trading reports and Equity Research for the following companies: Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM), Herbalife (NYSE:HLF), AT&T (NYSE:T), Metlife (NYSE:MET),
Benzinga
May 17
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Both AT&T (NYSE: T) and Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) are planning to offer a shared-data pricing plan later this year. The new plan would permit customers to purchase “buckets” of Internet data that can be shared among phones, tablets, and any...
PR Newswire
May 17
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BATON ROUGE, La., May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T* has turned on its 4G LTE network in Baton Rouge, bringing customers the latest generation of wireless network technology. AT&T 4G LTE provides several benefits, including: -- Faster speeds. LTE
TechCrunch
May 17
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Facebook created a $100 billion empire on top of a "hacker culture," a workplace ethos that encourages wild experimentation and collaborative fun. Now, AT&T is betting $3.8 million that one school, GameDesk, can prepare students for the controlled...
Market Intelligence Center
May 17
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AT&T (NYSE:T) closed Wednesday's unsure trading session at $33.19. In the past year, the stock has hit a 52-week low of $27.29 and 52-week high of $33.92. AT&T (T) stock has been showing support around $32.92 and resistance in the $33.68 range....
PR Newswire
May 17
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DALLAS, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- It's time for a revolutionary change in the way we engage kids in learning. We have the ability to ignite excitement and improve student outcomes by tapping into the power of technology. Although some progress has
PR Newswire
May 16
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DALLAS, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Findings from a new survey commissioned by AT&T* as part of the "It Can Wait" campaign indicate Hispanic teens are highly vulnerable when it comes to texting while driving. A shocking 54 percent of Hispanic teens
Value Investing
May 16
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Ray Dalio's Bridgewater Associates had a busy opening quarter to the year. The investing maven bet big on technologies associated with the mobile computing sector while continuing to add other tech stocks to their portfolio. The firm filed it's...
PR Newswire
May 16
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DALLAS, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T* announced today the launch of the 2012-2013 Operation Hand Salute (OHS), its groundbreaking supplier diversity program designed to mentor and develop Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business Enterprises
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WIKI ANALYSIS
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is a U.S. telecommunications services provider, and the second largest U.S. wireless carrier in the United States. AT&T provides telephone, Internet, and computer telephone services to over 95 million customers in 22 states in the U.S. AT&T operates across four segments: Wireless, Wireline, Advertising Solutions, and Other. In fiscal year 2010, AT&T recorded revenues of $124.3 billion and net income of $19.8 billion. AT&T continues to invest heavily to improve high-speed internet and video offerings as consumer demand for these services continues to rise. AT&T's increased investments is evident in its $4.4 billion initiative to build a fiber-optic network to offer IP-based video, broadband Internet, and VoIP services over a single line.
Competitors
AT&T competes primarily with other telecommunications services companies, including Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel, Leap Wireless, and MetroPCS.
- Verizon Wireless: Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (VZ) and Vodafone Group (VOD), and has outpaced AT&T to become the leading wireless service provider in the U.S. AT&T benefited from the necessary divestitures when Verizon buyout of Alltel Corporation, in which it gained approximately 1.6 million subscribers primarily across rural properties
- Leap Wireless: Leap is a niche player in the telecommunications space, offering pre-paid, unlimited wireless plans, so it does not compete directly with AT&T Wireless. The company targets youth and minority markets, and its payment structure means customers avoid credit checks and contracts.
- Sprint Nextel: Through its Sprint, Nextel, Boost Mobile, Virgin Mobile and Assurance Wireless sub-brands, Sprint Nextel competes across both wireless and wireline with AT&T. Although in recent years Spring has been hemorrhaging customers, it has invested heavily to launch the first 4G network and retain customers, and has shifted away from the post-paid segment where AT&T and Verizon Wireless dominate to focus on the pre-paid subscriber niche.
- MetroPCS: Similar to Leap Wireless, MetroPCS focuses on the youth and minority pre-paid segment demographic, lacking the scale of AT&T, Verizon Communications, and Sprint Nextel. It has not needed to rely on massive capital expenditures as its geographic focus is the densely-populated urban market; this has helped the company achieve high margins relative to its competitors.
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