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Telecom planning in a time of turmoil
Oct. 09, 2008
It's gotten pretty hard to miss the financial news lately: September was the worst month for stocks in years, and October looks to surpass it. Despite the U.S. government's massive $800-billion bailout, the U.S. economy ...

Smartphone showdown: BlackBerry Storm vs. the iPhone
Oct. 09, 2008
Examining how the Storm stacks up against the iPhone in terms of call quality, data coverage, price and more.

Q&A: WiMAX's potential to deliver rural broadband
Oct. 07, 2008
Jonathan Jaeger, the director of business development at wireless broadband access company SOMA Networks, thinks that mobile WiMAX services provide the perfect solution for any business looking to give broadband access ...

Will Apple be forced to make more money?
Oct. 07, 2008
Apple-AT&T iPhone agreement has gotten the court's attention.

Higher education goes back to school on communication technologies
Oct. 06, 2008
Changes in communication technologies are forcing higher education to make big, expensive, and potentially risky decisions, according to two campus CIOs speaking at this week's fall seminar for ACUTA, an association of ...

High-tech rides: Cars with cool technology
Oct. 03, 2008
Check out some of the leading-edge technology embedded in today's cars and what new vehicles are on tap from automotive giants in the near future.

AT&T suffers 3G, EDGE outage
Sep. 03, 2008
AT&T has fixed a router problem that caused an outage affecting the company's EDGE and 3G networks Wednesday in the United States.

AT&T demos TV, videoconferencing, telemedicine technologies
Sep. 16, 2008
Engineers at AT&T Labs demonstrated dozens of emerging communications technologies at an event in New York Monday. The company also defended its 3G network in light of reception problems and dropped calls involving ...

AT&T security guru talks DoS attacks, tomorrow's hackers
Sep. 05, 2008
AT&T CSO Edward Amoroso lists his biggest security challenges: protecting sensitive information and defending against denial-of-service attacks.

How carriers batten down the hatches for hurricanes
Sep. 04, 2008
Picture what would happen if the multitude of hardhat-wearing network technicians you see in a typical Verizon commercial got swept up in a "Wizard of Oz"-style twister. In other words, think about how spread out ...

AT&T halts CallVantage VoIP - is this the end of stand-alone consumer VoIP?
Aug. 25, 2008
AT&T recently stopped offering its CallVantage VoIP service to new subscribers. With no official announcement, online shoppers for the service were greeted with a message thanking would-be customers for their interest ...

FAQ: iPhone 3G reception - What's the problem?
Aug. 18, 2008
Apple's iPhone 3G was just a couple of days old when reports began trickling onto the company's support forum from dissatisfied customers.

AT&T wins Boeing contract
Aug. 14, 2008
Ellen Garguilo discusses the $400 million deal AT&T made with Boeing to provide voice and data networks for the aviation vendor.

AT&T snags Boeing VoIP contract; Microsoft may alter licensing for virtual machines
Aug. 14, 2008
Boeing is paying AT&T $400 million over the next five years to consolidate its current voice and data networks into one IP-based system; Virtualization industry observers expect Microsoft to eliminate a licensing ...

Best Buy will start selling the iPhone in Sept.
Aug. 13, 2008
Best Buy will become the first retail chain outside of Apple and AT&T to sell the iPhone in the U.S., an Apple spokesperson confirmed for Macworld on Tuesday.

Living in fear of usage charges
Aug. 13, 2008
The global voice and data roaming charges users incur when they travel internationally have long been a thorn in the side of multinational companies. Usage for data is particularly difficult to control for several ...

AT&T snags big Boeing voice/data contract
Aug. 12, 2008
Boeing is paying AT&T $400 million over the next five years to consolidate its voice and data networks into one system that will be based on IP.

Global iPhone usage poses economic risk
Aug. 11, 2008
I was talking to a telecom manager of a large U.S.-based multinational company recently who lamented the fact that worldwide data roaming charges are too steep and unpredictable to justify his business using the ...

Blackberry Storm begins raining on iPhone parade | NetworkWorld.com Community
Oct. 08, 2008
Woot! The BlackBerry Storm (9530) on Verizon's 3G EV-DO network has been announced. Support on Vodafone was also announced. Finally, a touch-screen smartphone made by somebody who knows how to deliver what customers ...

AT&T speeds up 3G network
Jun. 04, 2008
AT&T announced today that it has upgraded its 3G wireless network to reach download speeds of up to 1.7Mbps, a 20% increase over previous top speeds

AT&T pushes fiber service for small businesses
May. 13, 2008
Small businesses are treated like the last child picked for a baseball team in the broadband world. Too small to afford connections faster than DSL, which might be inadequate for their needs, and too large to find plans ...

AT&T data network fails for BlackBerry, iPhone users
Jan. 31, 2008
AT&T's wireless data networks in the Southeast and Midwest U.S. are down, causing BlackBerry and iPhone users to be without data services.

AT&T moves ahead with IMS, unveils VoIP service for its IPTV customers
Jan. 30, 2008
AT&T announced a VoIP service for consumers called AT&T U-verseSM Voice. The IP Multimedia Subsystem-based service is designed to integrate AT&T wireline and wireless voice, broadband and TV services. It moves AT&T ...

AT&T Tilt PDA phone
Jan. 24, 2008
Slider phones have become increasingly popular, but until now they've been limited to models that are best used with two hands. That changes with AT&T's newest Windows Mobile device, which you can either hold in your ...

AT&T: mobile and broadband strong in Q4
Jan. 24, 2008
AT&T's revenue was up 2.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2007, largely driven by increases in mobile phone and broadband customers, the company said Thursday.

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AT&T profile


Overview

2005 NW200 rank: 1
2004 NW200 rank: 10

Revenue

Total '05 revenue (in $M)   117479
'04-'05 revenue change   188%
'01-'05 CAGR revenue   26%

Profit

Profit or loss (in $M)   6940
Change from '04   18
As percentage of revenue 6   6
CAGR, '01-'05   -10

Employees

Number of employees   -
'04 - '05 change   -
Revenue per employee   -

Misc.

Mkt Cap as of 3/19/05 ($M)   160320
Cash/investments ($M)  
Year inc.   1983
Fiscal year ends   Dec

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