AT&T Inc.
News and overview for AT&T Inc.
Sprint, Ciena give back some gains - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 5 days 5 hours 43 minutes ago
Qwest Communications International Inc. /quotes/comstock/13*!q/quotes/nls/q (Q 3.75, +0.10, +2.60%) was the lone advancer in the phone group, up a penny.
Sprint, Ciena gain; AT&T, Ericsson decline - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 6 days 6 hours 1 minute ago
Fed's Lacker: Recovery 'solidly underway'
Palm shares push up following upgrades - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 6 days 2 hours 56 minutes ago
By midday trading Tuesday, Palm shares were up nearly 5% at $12.41. They've slumped by more than a third since peaking above $18 in late September.
AT&T's rivals still seeking answer to iPhone - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 17 days 10 hours 8 minutes ago
Verizon Wireless, the nation's largest mobile operator in terms of customers, and No. 3 carrier Sprint Nextel Corp. plan to unleash another wave of devices that mimic the iPhone's most popular features. They've also taken other steps like partnering with Google Inc. and, in the case of Sprint and T-Mobile USA, offering a cheaper "all-you-can-eat" plans to boost sales.
Why Congress needs a pay cut, or threat of one - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 6 days 2 hours 38 minutes ago
Everyone in business understands this. That's why enormous work goes into designing and improving incentive systems to align the interests of directors, executives and staff with those of stockholders. Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett's second in command, says he's been a fanatical believer in the power of incentives all his life and yet frequently finds he's underestimated it.
Palm shares rise as Pixi smartphone comes on deck - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 8 days 23 hours 6 minutes ago
Palm
Clearwire drops 11%; Nokia leads advancers - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 12 days 6 hours 2 minutes ago
Retail stocks rise; Macy's drops on forecast miss
Sprint, Motorola decline; AT&T edges higher - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 11 days 5 hours 50 minutes ago
AMD, 3Com gains lead early tech advance
Sprint, Ciena are top telecoms again - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 6 days 3 hours 46 minutes ago
In its report, Credit Suisse said Sprint is making good progress in its turnaround plan and argued that the market is ignoring its success in signing up prepaid customers. While prepaid customers are not as profitable as subscribers on annual contracts, Credit Suisse said Sprint could sign up enough of them to improve overall sales and profit. Read full story about Sprint's turnaround.
Sprint, Ciena lead telecoms higher - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 7 days 4 hours 14 minutes ago
Analyst Jonathan Chaplin said Sprint will benefit from sharp cost cuts, stronger sales of prepaid service and better retention of "postpaid" customers who sign up for annual contracts.
Chip sales to fall 11.4% in 2009: Gartner - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 7 days 3 hours 14 minutes ago
Semiconductor revenue is expected to total $226 billion this year, down from $255 billion in 2008, Gartner said. That represents a smaller decline than the tech research organization's third-quarter projection of a 17% decline this year.
Intel-AMD pact marks end of Valley's zero-sum game John Dvorak's Second Opinion - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 9 days 23 hours 25 minutes ago
What happened to the Silicon Valley zero-sum game?
PowerShares launches ETF for Build America Bonds - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 6 days 4 hours 42 minutes ago
FDA warns against taking Plavix with Prilosec
Intel-AMD settlement shows rivals need each other - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 7 days 2 hours 1 minute ago
"We've put this round behind us," Intel spokesman Chuck Mulloy said in an interview.
Fitch upgrades TD Ameritrade to 'BBB+' - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 6 days 6 hours 1 minute ago
AMTD
Sign up for CEA SmartBrief
Company Overview
| Company: | AT&T Inc. |
|---|---|
| Industry: | Local Exchange Carriers |
| Website: | http://www.att.com |
Through its subsidiaries, affiliates, and operating companies, holding company AT&T is the industry-leading provider of wireline voice communications services in the US. Customers in 22 states use AT&T-branded telephone, Internet, IP-voice, and digital video services; key markets include California, Illinois, and Texas. The company's corporate, government, and public sector clients use its extensive range of conferencing, data networking, managed network, and wholesale communications services. Subsidiary AT&T Mobility is the nation's second largest wireless carrier by both sales and subscriptions (after Verizon Wireless). It provides mobile voice and data services to about 77 million subscribers.
Key Numbers
| Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 124,028 (2008) |
|---|---|
| One-year % Growth in Sales | 4.3 (2008) |
| Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 12,867 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Net Income | 7.7 (2008) |
| Number of Employees | 301,000 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Number of Employees | -2.9 (2008) |
| Fiscal Year-End | December |
