AT & T Swot Analysis
I. Background of AT&T Corporation:
The History
AT&T Corporation can trace its root to the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. The original company was founded in 1885 by American Bell to create a network of long-distance communication nationwide with a commercially viable cost-structure. In 1899, the company in turn acquired the assets of American Bell in order to bypass Massachusetts corporate law that limited the capitalizations of corporations. By 1915, long distance telephone service reached San Francisco and transatlantic services began in 1927.
AT&T Corporation eventually became the dominant telephone company in the United States, holding a virtual monopoly over communication services for most of the 20th century. The corporation controls the communication lines, structuring its acquisitions of smaller companies, and selling off non essential smaller phone companies to bypass the monopoly laws of the time. The company even controlled the distribution of telephone units themselves, as they were leased to the customer while AT&T retained ownership of the hardware. …show more content…
AT&T has the U-verse subscription server, while Verizon market FIOS. Both combined Voice over IP, high speed internet, and subscription television into one package at a price better than buying each service separately. AT&T method of distribution gives it a slight advantage in the beginning. The company opted to deploy fiber optic in main distribution nodes, while relying on copper lines to transmit services to the customer homes. Verizon chose to deploy fiber optic lines directly to the home, and had to replace all the copper lines. For this reason Verizon takes longer to deploy their network. However, over the long run, as consumer demands for data and bandwidth increase, AT&T network will be limited by the inherent speed offered by copper
The History
AT&T Corporation can trace its root to the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. The original company was founded in 1885 by American Bell to create a network of long-distance communication nationwide with a commercially viable cost-structure. In 1899, the company in turn acquired the assets of American Bell in order to bypass Massachusetts corporate law that limited the capitalizations of corporations. By 1915, long distance telephone service reached San Francisco and transatlantic services began in 1927.
AT&T Corporation eventually became the dominant telephone company in the United States, holding a virtual monopoly over communication services for most of the 20th century. The corporation controls the communication lines, structuring its acquisitions of smaller companies, and selling off non essential smaller phone companies to bypass the monopoly laws of the time. The company even controlled the distribution of telephone units themselves, as they were leased to the customer while AT&T retained ownership of the hardware. …show more content…
AT&T has the U-verse subscription server, while Verizon market FIOS. Both combined Voice over IP, high speed internet, and subscription television into one package at a price better than buying each service separately. AT&T method of distribution gives it a slight advantage in the beginning. The company opted to deploy fiber optic in main distribution nodes, while relying on copper lines to transmit services to the customer homes. Verizon chose to deploy fiber optic lines directly to the home, and had to replace all the copper lines. For this reason Verizon takes longer to deploy their network. However, over the long run, as consumer demands for data and bandwidth increase, AT&T network will be limited by the inherent speed offered by copper