AT&T - Revision history

Elliogle at 19:46, 6 June 2021

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	Not much is known about AT&T's relationship with 3DO and why they never ended up releasing a console, however, they did display a [[AT&T 3DO\|prototype]] at the January 1994 Consumer Electronic Show.		Not much is known about AT&T's relationship with 3DO and why they never ended up releasing a console, however, they did display a [[AT&T 3DO\|prototype]] at the January 1994 Consumer Electronic Show.

			Early 95 AT&T confirmed they were exiting the games business, they filed to dispose of their 3DO stake in May 95.

	== Company Overview ==		== Company Overview ==

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Company Overview

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	== Company Overview ==		== Company Overview ==

	'''AT&T Inc.''' is an American multinational corporation\|multinational conglomerate (company)\|conglomerate holding company, Delaware General Corporation Law\|Delaware-registered but it is headquartered at Whitacre Tower in Downtown Dallas, Texas. It is the world’s largest telecommunications company, and the second largest provider of mobile telephone services. {{as ~~of\|2020\|}}~~, AT&T was ranked 9th on the ~~Fortune 500\|~~''Fortune'' 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations, with revenues of $181 billion.		'''AT&T Inc.''' is an American multinational corporation\|multinational conglomerate (company)\|conglomerate holding company, Delaware General Corporation Law\|Delaware-registered but it is headquartered at Whitacre Tower in Downtown Dallas, Texas. It is the world’s largest telecommunications company, and the second largest provider of mobile telephone services. as of2020, AT&T was ranked 9th on the ''Fortune'' 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations, with revenues of $181 billion.

	During most of the 20th century, AT&T had a monopoly on phone service in the United States. The company began its history as the American District Telegraph Company, formed in St. Louis in 1878. After expanding services to Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas, through a series of mergers, it became Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in 1920, which was then a subsidiary of American Telephone and Telegraph Company. The latter was a successor of the original Bell Telephone Company founded by Alexander Graham Bell in 1877. The American Bell Telephone Company formed the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) subsidiary in 1885. In 1899, AT&T became the parent company after the American Bell Telephone Company sold its assets to its subsidiary. The company was rebranded as AT&T Corporation\|AT&T Corp. in 1994. The 1982 United States v. AT&T antitrust lawsuit resulted in the Breakup of the Bell System\|divestiture of AT&T's ("Ma Bell") local operating subsidiaries which were grouped into seven Regional Bell Operating Company\|Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs), commonly referred to as "Baby Bells", resulting in seven independent companies, The latter changed its name to SBC Communications Inc. in 1995. In 2005, SBC purchased its former parent AT&T Corp. and took on its branding, with the merged entity naming itself AT&T Inc. and using its history, a version of its iconic logo and stock-trading symbol. AT&T Inc. acquired BellSouth\|BellSouth Corporation in 2006, the last independent Baby Bell company, making its formerly joint venture Cingular\|Cingular Wireless (which had acquired AT&T Wireless in 2004) wholly owned and rebranding it as AT&T Mobility.		During most of the 20th century, AT&T had a monopoly on phone service in the United States. The company began its history as the American District Telegraph Company, formed in St. Louis in 1878. After expanding services to Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas, through a series of mergers, it became Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in 1920, which was then a subsidiary of American Telephone and Telegraph Company. The latter was a successor of the original Bell Telephone Company founded by Alexander Graham Bell in 1877. The American Bell Telephone Company formed the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) subsidiary in 1885. In 1899, AT&T became the parent company after the American Bell Telephone Company sold its assets to its subsidiary. The company was rebranded as AT&T Corporation\|AT&T Corp. in 1994. The 1982 United States v. AT&T antitrust lawsuit resulted in the Breakup of the Bell System\|divestiture of AT&T's ("Ma Bell") local operating subsidiaries which were grouped into seven Regional Bell Operating Company\|Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs), commonly referred to as "Baby Bells", resulting in seven independent companies, The latter changed its name to SBC Communications Inc. in 1995. In 2005, SBC purchased its former parent AT&T Corp. and took on its branding, with the merged entity naming itself AT&T Inc. and using its history, a version of its iconic logo and stock-trading symbol. AT&T Inc. acquired BellSouth\|BellSouth Corporation in 2006, the last independent Baby Bell company, making its formerly joint venture Cingular\|Cingular Wireless (which had acquired AT&T Wireless in 2004) wholly owned and rebranding it as AT&T Mobility.

Elliogle at 09:07, 31 May 2021

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	'''3DO'''		<big><big>'''3DO'''</big></big>

	Not much is known about AT&T's relationship with 3DO and why they never ended up releasing a console, however, they did display a [[AT&T 3DO\|prototype]] at the January 1994 Consumer Electronic Show.		Not much is known about AT&T's relationship with 3DO and why they never ended up releasing a console, however, they did display a [[AT&T 3DO\|prototype]] at the January 1994 Consumer Electronic Show.

Elliogle at 09:05, 31 May 2021

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	== 3DO ==		'''3DO'''

	Not much is known about AT&T's relationship with 3DO and why they never ended up releasing a console, however, they did display a [[AT&T 3DO\|prototype]] at the January 1994 Consumer Electronic Show.		Not much is known about AT&T's relationship with 3DO and why they never ended up releasing a console, however, they did display a [[AT&T 3DO\|prototype]] at the January 1994 Consumer Electronic Show.

	== Overview ==		== Company Overview ==

	'''AT&T Inc.''' is an American multinational corporation\|multinational conglomerate (company)\|conglomerate holding company, Delaware General Corporation Law\|Delaware-registered but it is headquartered at Whitacre Tower in Downtown Dallas, Texas. It is the world’s largest telecommunications company, and the second largest provider of mobile telephone services. {{as of\|2020\|}}, AT&T was ranked 9th on the Fortune 500\|''Fortune'' 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations, with revenues of $181 billion.		'''AT&T Inc.''' is an American multinational corporation\|multinational conglomerate (company)\|conglomerate holding company, Delaware General Corporation Law\|Delaware-registered but it is headquartered at Whitacre Tower in Downtown Dallas, Texas. It is the world’s largest telecommunications company, and the second largest provider of mobile telephone services. {{as of\|2020\|}}, AT&T was ranked 9th on the Fortune 500\|''Fortune'' 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations, with revenues of $181 billion.

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3DO

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	=== 3DO ===		== 3DO ==

	Not much is known about AT&T's relationship with 3DO and why they never ended up releasing a console, however, they did display a [[AT&T 3DO\|prototype]] at the January 1994 Consumer Electronic Show.		Not much is known about AT&T's relationship with 3DO and why they never ended up releasing a console, however, they did display a [[AT&T 3DO\|prototype]] at the January 1994 Consumer Electronic Show.

Elliogle: /* 3DO */

2021-05-31T09:03:50Z

3DO

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	== 3DO ==		=== 3DO ===

	Not much is known about AT&T's relationship with 3DO and why they never ended up releasing a console, however, they did display a [[AT&T 3DO\|prototype]] at the January 1994 Consumer Electronic Show.		Not much is known about AT&T's relationship with 3DO and why they never ended up releasing a console, however, they did display a [[AT&T 3DO\|prototype]] at the January 1994 Consumer Electronic Show.

Elliogle at 09:03, 31 May 2021

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	== 3DO ==		== 3DO ==

Elliogle at 07:49, 31 May 2021

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			== 3DO ==

			Not much is known about AT&T's relationship with 3DO and why they never ended up releasing a console, however, they did display a [[AT&T 3DO\|prototype]] at the January 1994 Consumer Electronic Show.

			== Overview ==

	'''AT&T Inc.''' is an American multinational corporation\|multinational conglomerate (company)\|conglomerate holding company, Delaware General Corporation Law\|Delaware-registered but it is headquartered at Whitacre Tower in Downtown Dallas, Texas. It is the world’s largest telecommunications company, and the second largest provider of mobile telephone services. {{as of\|2020\|}}, AT&T was ranked 9th on the Fortune 500\|''Fortune'' 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations, with revenues of $181 billion.		'''AT&T Inc.''' is an American multinational corporation\|multinational conglomerate (company)\|conglomerate holding company, Delaware General Corporation Law\|Delaware-registered but it is headquartered at Whitacre Tower in Downtown Dallas, Texas. It is the world’s largest telecommunications company, and the second largest provider of mobile telephone services. {{as of\|2020\|}}, AT&T was ranked 9th on the Fortune 500\|''Fortune'' 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations, with revenues of $181 billion.

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Sponsorships

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	* Major League Soccer and the United States Soccer Federation, including the United States men's national soccer team\|U.S. men's and United States women's national soccer team\|U.S. women's national teams and the Major League Soccer All-Star Game from 2009 MLS All-Star Game\|2009		* Major League Soccer and the United States Soccer Federation, including the United States men's national soccer team\|U.S. men's and United States women's national soccer team\|U.S. women's national teams and the Major League Soccer All-Star Game from 2009 MLS All-Star Game\|2009
	* Mexico national football team		* Mexico national football team
	* United States Olympic team<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Teamusa.org \|url=http://www.teamusa.org/pages/sponsors \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111205122946/http://www.teamusa.org/pages/sponsors \|archive-date=December 5, 2011 \|access-date=November 28, 2011 \|website=Teamusa.org}}</ref>		* United States Olympic team
	* National Collegiate Athletic Association (Corporate Champion)<ref>{{Cite web \|date=December 14, 2007 \|title=NCAA.org \|url=http://ncaa.org/wps/portal/ncaahome?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/corp_relations/CorpRel/Corporate+Relationships/Corporate+Alliances/partners.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929220805/http://ncaa.org/wps/portal/ncaahome?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=%2Fcorp_relations%2FCorpRel%2FCorporate+Relationships%2FCorporate+Alliances%2Fpartners.html \|archive-date=September 29, 2011 \|access-date=November 28, 2011 \|website=NCAA.org}}</ref>
	* American Cup (gymnastics)\|AT&T American Cup, artistic gymnastics competition, sponsored by AT&T since 2011		* American Cup (gymnastics)\|AT&T American Cup, artistic gymnastics competition, sponsored by AT&T since 2011
	* Red Bull Racing (Formula 1 racing team), technical support and sponsorship, 2011 to 2020<ref>{{Cite web \|title=AT&T and Infiniti Red Bull Racing – Speeding up Team Communications \|url=http://about.att.com/newsroom/att_and_infiniti_red_bull_racing.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010184553/http://about.att.com/newsroom/att_and_infiniti_red_bull_racing.html \|archive-date=October 10, 2016 \|access-date=May 27, 2016 \|publisher=AT&T \|department=AT&T Newsroom}}</ref>		* Red Bull Racing (Formula 1 racing team), technical support and sponsorship, 2011 to 2020
	* Cloud9, sponsorship since March 2019.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=March 5, 2019 \|title=AT&T Taking Esports Strategy to New Heights with Cloud9 Agreement \|work=AT&T \|url=https://about.att.com/story/2019/cloud9.html \|url-status=live \|access-date=March 26, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326223409/https://about.att.com/story/2019/cloud9.html \|archive-date=March 26, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|last=Fitch \|first=Adam \|date=March 5, 2019 \|title=Cloud9 enters sponsorship deal with AT&T \|work=Esports Insider \|url=https://esportsinsider.com/2019/03/cloud9-att-sponsorship/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=March 26, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326223411/https://esportsinsider.com/2019/03/cloud9-att-sponsorship/ \|archive-date=March 26, 2019}}</ref>		* Cloud9, sponsorship since March 2019.
	* Club América, sponsorship since July 19, 2018		* Club América, sponsorship since July 19, 2018

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Overcharging government agencies

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	=== Overcharging government agencies ===		=== Overcharging government agencies ===

	In 2020 AT&T paid out $48 million to settle a lawsuit with 30 government entities. The suit (under the California False Claims Act) related to contractual undertakings to provide services at "the lowest cost available". AT&T denied any wrongdoing in the matter.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Osborne \|first=Charlie \|title=Verizon, AT&T settle overcharging whistleblower case for $116 million \|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/verizon-at-t-settle-overcharging-whistleblower-case-for-116-million/ \|access-date=September 25, 2020 \|website=ZDNet \|language=en}}</ref>		In 2020 AT&T paid out $48 million to settle a lawsuit with 30 government entities. The suit (under the California False Claims Act) related to contractual undertakings to provide services at "the lowest cost available". AT&T denied any wrongdoing in the matter.

	== Naming rights and sponsorships ==		== Naming rights and sponsorships ==