American Telephone & Telegraph Company

AT&T; Corporation, originally the American Telephone & Telegraph Company, is an American telecommunications company that provides voice, video, data, and Internet telecommunications and professional services to businesses, consumers, and government agencies. During its long history, AT&T; was at times the world's largest telephone company, the world's largest cable television operator, and a regulated monopoly. Today, the company is a subsidiary ... more

AT&T; Corporation, originally the American Telephone & Telegraph Company, is an American telecommunications company that provides voice, video, data, and Internet telecommunications and professional services to businesses, consumers, and government agencies. During its long history, AT&T; was at times the world's largest telephone company, the world's largest cable television operator, and a regulated monopoly. Today, the company is a subsidiary of AT&T; Inc. and its subsidiary AT&T; Communications still provides long distance service across the USA. In 2005, AT&T; was purchased by Baby Bell SBC Communications for more than $16 billion ($17.5 billion in present-day terms), and opted to keep the more iconic AT&T; name. At its peak, it employed one million people and its revenue was roughly $300 billion annually in today's dollars (for comparison, ExxonMobil's 2006 annual revenue was $377.6 billion). AT&T; Corporation continues to exist as a subsidiary of AT&T; Inc. and its name... less