AT&T commits $1 billion to upgrade business network, service capabilities

FierceTelecom (Apr 6 2010) Middle Mile

1. AT&T is so confident that its business customer base will continue to consume more and more high-end services in 2010 that it is going to plunk down $1 billion to expand its application, mobile and cloud services capabilities. At first blush it may appear that the company is going on a new spending splurge, but AT&T says the 2010 business service and network investments are part of its existing capital plan. Included in the plan will be new investments in various service areas including: application services (cloud services, telepresence and unified communications); enterprise mobility (both LTE and WiFi); vertical industry application focus (finance, manufacturing, retail, healthcare, education and government sectors); and SMB services (includes access to new services such as its 24 Mbps downstream broadband data service). Along with expanding its domestic service capabilities, AT ... (Read Full Article)

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