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AT&T
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AT&T is a telecommunications and networking provider that operates in 60 countries and 850 cities worldwide. The company is divided into AT&T Business Services and AT&T Consumer Services.
In 2005 SBC bought AT&T Corp., creating the largest telecommunications company in the U.S. Then SBC took on the name AT&T. In 2006 AT&T purchased BellSouth for $86 billion in the largest telecommunications takeover in U.S. history. AT&T now services more than 68 million phone lines. Cingular Wireless changed into AT&T Mobility which is under AT&T and is the country's largest wireless carrier. [1]
Services delivered include long distance, international, toll-free and local voice, including wholesale transport services, as well as data services and Internet protocol services, dial-up Internet services, management of network servers and applications, prepaid cards and operator-assisted calls.
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Political contributions
Edward E. Whitacre Jr., then Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of SBC (AT&T), was a Bush Ranger having raised at least $200,000 for Bush in the 2004 presidential election. [2]
AT&T gave $2,341,683 to federal candidates in the 2006 election cycle through its three political action committees - 34% to Democrats, 66% to Republicans. [3] [4] [5]
Lobbying
The company spent $23,070,720 for lobbying in 2006. $3,960,000 went to 25 outside lobbying firms with the remainder being spent using in-house lobbyists.[6]
Personnel
Selected executives:[7]
- Randall L. Stephenson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
- James W. Callaway, Senior Executive Vice President-Executive Operations
- Richard G. Lindner, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Selected members of the board:[8]
- Randall L. Stephenson - Chair
- Gilbert F. Amelio - Lead Director
- William F. Aldinger III
- Reuben V. Anderson
- James H. Blanchard
- August A. Busch III, Former Chairman of the Board of Anheuser-Busch
- James P. Kelly, Former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of United Parcel Service
- Jon C. Madonna
- Lynn M. Martin
- John B. McCoy, Lead Director
- Mary S. Metz
- Joyce M. Roche
- Laura D'Andrea Tyson
- Patricia P. Upton
Contact information
175 E. Houston
San Antonio, TX 78205
Phone: 210-821-4105
Fax: 210-351-2071
Web: http://www.att.com
Resources
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References
- ↑ Profile, Hoovers, accessed July 2007.
- ↑ Pioneers and Rangers, Texans for Public Justice, accessed August 2007.
- ↑ PAC C00185124, Open Secrets, accessed July 2007.
- ↑ PAC C00109017, Open Secrets, accessed July 2007.
- ↑ PAC C00368811, Open Secrets, accessed July 2007.
- ↑ AT&T Inc lobbying expenses, Open Secrets.
- ↑ Executives, AT&T, accessed July 2007.
- ↑ AT&T Board, accessed September 2008.
External articles
- Muriel Kane, "Blackwater PR firm aided Chalabi; Works to polish AT&T's image," The Raw Story, October 23, 2007. re BKSH & Associates
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