Michael Armstrong
Michael Armstrong
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The ancient Romans had a tradition: whenever one of their engineers constructed an arch, as the capstone was hoisted into place, the engineer assumed accountability for his work in the most profound way possible: he stood under the arch.
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Our results reflect a business managing through a difficult economic and industry-wide climate, ... In the face of these pressures, we remain focused on controlling costs and growing revenue in our growth businesses.
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Our business, along with others in the industry, continues to feel the impact of declines in long-distance voice revenue,
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The acquisitions and investments we've made over the last year will transform AT&T from a company dominated by a single product line -- long-distance voice - into the leader in a new generation of advanced communications, information and video services.
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While our total revenue reflects the impact of the industry-wide decline in long-distance voice, we are growing revenue in Business Data and IP services and our Broadband business by nearly 14 percent,
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The deal gives us reach to some 283 countries, ... It also gives us a facilities-based strategy to provide universal service to our customers.
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We're comfortable that if the Time Warner partnership is not attributable to AT&T that we can fit under the 30 percent cap,
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We're getting the fat out of the company,
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Further, the board is concerned that Comcast's multi-tier voting structure would put AT&T shareowners at a disadvantage in matters of corporate governance,
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While we did not make this decision lightly, we believe it is necessary and in the best long-term interests of our shareowners to adopt a dividend policy comparable to the policies of our competitors,
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We've had some starts and some stops with America Online. The way a network operator like we make money is with network traffic ... we just haven't been able to get together.
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We've had some starts and some stops with America Online, ... The way a network operator like we make money is with network traffic ... we just haven't been able to get together.
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Borders all over the world are coming down, and as they come down opportunities spring up, ... Companies reach further to compete with their products and services, and when they want to open shop, wherever they want to open shop, they want those communications services to support their people and their products, and we've got to be there.
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Bell Atlantic has not even come close to meeting performance levels required by the Telecom Act, ... Our brand is damaged each and every time they fail to provide our customers with service or features in a timely manner. We also suffer direct financial harm from lost revenues and costly re-works.