AT&T Analysis via the Value Framework(tm).

quotationed from the April 2002 issue of VMS3.info (http://vms3.info)

Summary:

above the last 120 years the telecommunications industry has witnessed many world-changing events-the deployment of telephone (which surpassed telegraph in metes of business impact) then radio, television, and now the Internet. During this timeframe, AT&T-the oldest telecommunications firm still in business today- was reorganized following the break up of the Bell combination of parts to form a whole and has since re-risen to become individual of the top three global telecommunications firms.

AT&T is transitioning from phone to data to managed networks in a progression that increasingly