...AT&T Executive Summary AT&T provides telecommunication services to consumers, businesses and other entities. More specifically AT&T is classified as a diversified telecommunication services. AT&T has been around since 1876, when Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. (http://www.att.com/gen/investor-relations?pid=5711). Headquartered in Dallas, TX, AT&T is the largest landline and wireless service providers in America. They also provide Uverse, which is ultra-high speed internet and interactive high definition cable TV service. AT&T also provides wireless phone and data service, primarily to American customers, in over 200 countries. (http://www.att.com/gen/investor-relations?pid=5711). The US wireless market constitutes over 243M wireless subscribers. This represents a market penetration of 81%. The wireless market sells mobility of voice and data (video-media, download content and internet access). The wireless market is distributed between the following major competitors and distinguishing technology. AT&T- TDMA,GSM, UMTS/HSPDA Verizon Wireless – CDMA, EV-DO Sprint-Nextel- CDMA, EV-DO T-mobile - GSM, UMTS AT&T's Strategies vs. Competitors' Strategies AT&T's strategy is "bringing it all together for their customers, from revolutionary smartphones to next-generation TV services and sophisticated solutions for multi-national businesses." (http://www.att.com/gen/investor-relations?pid=5711). AT&T is a horizontally diversified, related businesses...
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...for your t-shirt printing business enterprise. A popular method in the past was screen-printing. Lately, however, digital imaging is becoming more popular. Decide which one you’ll use for your organization. Screen-printing is great for one and two-colour prints, and for multicolour prints on long runs. Digital imaging, on the other hand, is perfect for full-colour on short runs. Find out the sort of printer you need and set a budget for it! You must utilize professional tools to make quality shirts. Research before you buy regarding screen printers and check out basic information about screen-printing or digital imaging. A number of internet sites even sell direct-to-garment digital imaging printers, but they can be costly. You can also decide to set up a screen printing shop with a manual T-shirt press using basic or homemade equipment. Better yet, visit local shops in your area. You may find more printers offering state-of-the-art prints. Make a thorough business plan Who is your target market? If you live near a university, you can focus your sales and marketing efforts on students. If you live in a tourist area, make sure your products cater to tourists. Advertise your t- shirt printing business using modern practises like online listings or hiring a search engine optimisation company. Also create attractive and unique business support materials such as brochures, business cards, and a website. Develop a price structure Do a research on the cost of blank t-shirts from...
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...Business Communication Student Name Student ID Date Business Communication: Business communication is a vital element of the progress of any company including AT&T. THE communication channels that the company has developed in place play a major role in ensuring business success and the successful passage of information from one part of the organization to another. Understanding the communication channels that a company has aids in understanding the information used. The approaches the company employs in propelling the information and the nature of effects that it produces in the company. Different forms of communication exist and each serves specific functions. These include but are not limited to those listed in the table below: Type of information | Example | Description | Purpose | Source | Verbal | Speech at a company gathering, communication between employees | Passage of a message using verbal means to a group within the company | The purpose of this form of communication is to ensure that a message is communicated in form of a speech. These may occur during a gathering or an avenue through which the passage of a message occurs using verbal means | Top management | Written | Business weekly reports, letters to the management, and letters from external bodies such as an auditor’s reports or letter | Based on the departments and their job roles within the company | The written reports provide support to communicating the weekly progress of the operations of the...
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...Eric Satchell NT1330 Service Provider Types Unit 2 Assignment 1 July 3, 2014 Comparing Service Providers There are a lot of companies providing services, but AT&T provided telephone communication to the public. AT&T monopolized the telecommunication industry until the United States took them to court for antitrust and won. AT&T was broken up into eleven smaller companies, call Baby Bells. One of the companies that derived from this law suit was the Regional Bell Operating Company or RBOC. RBOC was a term that described one of the US telephone companies that provided telephone, telegraph, and long distance to the consumers. RBOC is part of a local exchange carrier allowed to compete for business. RBOC services internet service which in turn dealt with digital data. The merging companies provided different types of service based on the Telecommunication Act of 1996. ILEC or incumbent local exchange carrier is a telephone company that provided local telephone communications before the ruling to break up the Ma Bell Company. The FCC ruled that the ILECs must provide other telecommunications service providers access to their equipment to be able to provide a better rate to the consumer. This ruling...
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...June 30, 2000, Bell Atlantic Corp. and GTE Corp. merged to form the company known as Verizon Communication, Inc. Being the new 21st Century company this merger, in which formed Verizon, had been years in the making, roots can be traced to the beginning of the telephone business. Although government regulations framed the industry, the federal law shifted to more of a market based policy. This became a driving force that built Verizon in a competitive market place. In recent history “Verizon is the leading provider of advanced communications and information technology solutions to larger businesses and government customers worldwide” (Verizon). However, since 2008, Verizon has upgraded and expanded its company, from investing $9.4 billion...
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...Telecommunications Tyson Gant ITT Technical Institute 1: Describe a local land line phone system based on the following Landline Telephone Components: a) Local loop is the physical link or circuit that connects from the demarcation point of the customer premises to the edge of the common carrier or telecommunications service provider's network. b) Central office is an office in a locality to which subscriber home and business lines are connected on what is called a local loop. c) The central office has switching equipment that can switch calls locally or to long-distance carrier phone offices. d) A local system is a central system of switches and other equipment that establishes connections between individual telephones. Also called switchboard. e) POP is a physical location, either part of the facilities of a telecommunications provider that the ISP rents or a separate location from the telecommunications provider, that houses servers, routers, ATM switches and digital/analog call aggregators. f) Long distance system is a system that provides connections between local exchanges in different geographic areas. g) Fixed lines are lines used for denoting or relating to telecommunications systems using cables laid across land, as opposed to cellular radio systems. 2: Define and describe the following Telecommunications Network Components: a. Cellular Telephones: a. The Network Voice Protocol (NVP) was a pioneering computer network...
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...exceeded others such as At &T. Apple, and Verizon are also leading competitors in this field of technology. AT&T strives on having the newest technology and smart phones. It is also the worlds largest 4G network. We all know what AT&T has to offer us but do we know anything about the value of the company or how it gets the money to expand and be one of the worlds leading providers of telecommunications services. AT&T was started when the telephone was created by Alexander Grahman Bell and his partners in 1877. When AT&T first came to be, the company operated as a monopoly, trying to get acceptance from the United States government. In September 1995, AT&T announced a restructuring that would amount to the largest break-up of an American Business in history. AT&T remained a communications services company, Lucent Technologies took over systems and equipment, and NCR became a computer company. A&T was at times the world's largesst telephone company, one of tehe worlds largest cable providers, and the world's largest regulated monoply. At its peak in the 1950s and 1960s, it employed one million people and its revenue was roughly $300 billion a year in 2006 dollars. In 2005, AT&T was purchased by Baby Bell SBC Communications for more than $16 billion This DOW company offers the newest innovations in cellphones, Wifi, 4g broadband, and recently TV's. AT&T is quick to keep up with apple with the newest cell phones, and coming out with the TV site of the business. Offering phone plans...
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...AT&T AT&T Introduction AT&T Inc. is the largest provider of fixed telephony in the United States, and also provides broadband and subscription television services. AT&T is the second largest provider of mobile telephony service in the United States, with over 85.1 million wireless customers, and more than 210 million total customers. From the smallest changes to the most revolutionary development, AT&T has shaped the world by shaping the way how people communicate. Looked back about 130 years, AT&T always looked forward and searched for the next breakthrough to make communication more convenience. It brought meaningful changes to customers’ live since it wanted to shape the future also. Background 1876 – Alexander Graham Bell perfects telephone 1877 – Bell’s backers found Bell Telephone 1878 – New England Telephone is founded 1879 – 2 operating units are consolidated into National Bell Telephone 1882 – Bell company gains control of Western Electric which is the no.1 electrical equipment manufacturer in USA 1885 – AT&T is formed as subsidiary company of American Bell. Its mission is “Build the first long distance network. 1890 – Bell’s patents expires 1892 – There was the first line connects New York to Chicago. 1899 – Bell changes its name to AT&T and moves its headquarters to New York 1913 – AT&T agrees to buy no more independent phone companies 1914 – AT&T completes the first transcontinental line. 1917 – AT&T completes...
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...Cell phone companies have changed the way the operate making them more financially successful over the past two decades. Presumably, each cell phone company has a division which gears to personal cell phone devices with a mirage of services and accessories associated with them. In addition, cell phone companies also have a business division where they are concentrating on providing sales and services to corporations. For Verizon, this economy of scale enables their team to be experts about the services and sales for their division which makes for a more positive experience for the customer. Similarly, the company I work for uses Verizon for some of our business cell phone and data needs and has for many years. We have developed a great...
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...Telecommunications Exercise Sharon Cadwell ITT Technical Institute NT1310 Physical Networking Doyle Williams 3/23/14 Telecommunications Exercise 1) Local Loop a. The local loop is the physical wiring that connects you to the public switched telephone network (PSTN). This line can be a voice line, or it can be a data line. The physical wiring for the local loop consists of a pair of twisted copper wires that run from the telephone company's central office (CO) to the subscriber's premise and another pair of twisted copper wires that run back to the telephone company's CO. 2) Central Office b. In telephone communication in the United States, a central office (CO) is an office in a locality to which subscriber home and business lines are connected on what is called a local loop. The central office has switching equipment that can switch calls locally or to long-distance carrier phone offices. In other countries, the term public exchange is used. 3) Local Exchanges c. A local exchange carrier (LEC) is the term used in the U.S. for describing the telephone company which operates within a local area and provides telecommunication services within that area. i. Local exchange carriers started across the U.S. following the breakup of the Bell system due to antitrust regulations. Local exchange carriers are allowed only to handle local calls, and not any long-distance traffic. 4) POP d. Point of presence (POP) is the point at which two...
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...RBOCS-The Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOC) are the result of United States v. AT&T, the U.S. Department of Justice antitrust suit against the former American Telephone & Telegraph Company (later known as AT&T Corp.). On January 8, 1982, AT&T Corp. settled the suit and agreed to divest its local exchange service operating companies. Effective January 1, 1984, AT&T Corp.'s local operations were split into seven independent Regional Bell Operating Companies known as "Baby Bells". RBOCs were originally known as Regional Holding Companies (RHCs). Currently, three companies have the RBOCs as predecessors. They are AT&T Inc., Verizon, and Century Link. Some other companies are holding on smaller segments of the companies. ILEC- An incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) is a local telephone company in the United States that was in existence at the time of the breakup of AT&T into the Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs), also known as the "Baby Bells."[1] The ILEC is the former Bell System or Independent Telephone Company responsible for providing local telephone exchange services in a specified geographic area. GTE was the second largest ILEC after the Bells, but it has since been absorbed into Verizon, a RBOC. ILECs compete with competitive local exchange carriers (CLEC). When referring to the technical communities ILEC is often used just to mean a telephone provider. In Canada, the term ILEC refers to the original telephone companies such...
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...Regional Bell Operating Companies also known as RBOC’s . On January 8, 1982, AT&T Corp. settled the suit and agreed to divest its local exchange service operating companies. Local operations were split into seven independent Regional Bell Operating Companies known as "Baby Bells". RBOCs were originally known as Regional Holding Companies. Three companies have the RBOCs as predecessors ,they consist of of AT&T,Verizon and Century link. (princeton.edu, 2014) Incumbent local exchange carrier also commonly referred to as ILEC is a local telephone company during the break up of AT&T into RBOC’s. The ILEC is the former Bell System or Independent Telephone Company responsible for providing local telephone exchange services in a specified geographic area. GTE was the second largest ILEC after the Bells, but it has since been absorbed into Verizon, a RBOC. ILECs compete with competitive local exchange carriers (CLEC). When referring to the technical communities ILEC is often used just to mean a telephone provider. (princeton.edu, 2014) CLECs evolved from the competitive access providers (CAPs) that began to offer private line and special access services in competition with the ILECs beginning in 1985. The CAPs (such as Teleport Communications Group (TCG) and Metropolitan Fiber Systems (MFS)) deployed fiber optic systems in the central business districts of the largest U.S. cities (New York, Chicago, Boston, etc.) A number of state public utilities commissions, particularly...
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...The Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOC) was formed as a result of the breakup of AT&T and is based on a restructuring agreement that took effect in 1984. The RBOCs were organized into seven regional Bell holding companies called Ameritech, Bell Atlantic, Bell South, Nynex, Pacific Telesis, Southwestern Bell, and US West. (Sheldon, 2001) The Regional Bell operating companies are important to telecommunication because they remove the monopoly that the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) had and they provided the fixed line, wireless and data service to the subscribers. The Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (ILEC) is a local telephone company in the United States that was in existence at the time of the breakup of AT&T into the Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs). (Unknown, Incumbent local exchange carrier, 2012) This ILEC was providing local service when the Telecommunications Act of 1996 was enacted. This forced ILEC to open up their networks to outside competition. The Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier is important to telecommunication because they were the established providers of telephone access. The Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLEC) is companies that are known to provide an alternative service to the RBOCs within its territory. CLECs compete against the RBOCs in the local service areas. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 which allowed competition to the ILECs enabled new companies like CLECs to offer voice and data services via both landline...
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...GOALS OF THE ACT The Telecommunications Act of 1996 was supposed to get government out of the telecommunications business. Instead, for now, it has accomplished the opposite. While Congress set broad rules allowing local telephone, long-distance and cable companies to invade each other's turf, it left the details to the FCC. The Telecom Act deregulated many aspects of telecommunications services, allowing local telephone companies, long-distance providers and cable operators to compete for customers by offering services previously restricted by monopoly protection. For example, long-distance providers and cable operators may now offer local telephone service. Local telephone companies may offer entertainment video services through their local telephone lines to customers. Deregulation as a result of the Telecom Act is expected to increase competition by enabling telecommunication companies to expand services and service bases. But how will consumers benefit from the new competition? The removal of the barriers to competition will eventually mean lower prices, greater customer choice and control. Companies which had no competition before will be forced to become more cost-conscious and more service-oriented. In addition, users should find new technologies coming online at a faster rate, offering a much wider choice of features and services. Competition will cause the technological envelope to be pushed. Competition should drive down prices, local cable and phone officials...
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...2014 Randall Stephenson and AT&T Randall Stephenson and AT&T The beginning history of AT&T consists largely of the invention of the telephone in 1875 by Alexander Graham Bell. Progressing into the 19th century, AT&T became the umbrella company over the Bell System, or better known by some as, the American Telephone Monopoly. There’s no argument that the Bell System was the best telephone service in the world and by 1969 ninety percent of households in the United States had home phone service. Yet in the background to providing home phone service AT&T was also hard at work in continued development or forecasting for the future. From the early 1900’s to the mid 1970’s new advancements of communication technologies were taking place in AT&T’s Bell Laboratories subsidiary. These innovations included alternatives to copper wires such as microwave relay systems and commercial communications satellites for international communications. However, like all behemoths, a fall was inevitable. The changes in telecommunications over the years led to an antitrust suit by the U.S.Goverment against AT&T. This began in 1974 and settled in 1982 with agreement that AT&T would divest itself into a new AT&T and seven regional Bell operating companies. This was believed to enhance entry for competition. Which in fact, it did, as many new companies began to emerge. But what it also did was create the most elaborate change in...
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