June 27, 2008, 6:50 pm AT&T Moves to Dallas, But Is That an Improvement?
By Laura M. Holson NY Times http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/27/att-moves-to-dallas-but-is-that-an-improvement/ AT&T is getting new digs in Dallas. Since 1992, the communications giant has been headquartered in downtown San Antonio, Texas, not far from the citys famous Riverwalk which, on a hot muggy afternoon, resembles something like a theater set from Les Miserables, only with the revolutionaries dressed in skinny tank tops and cotton shorts instead of tattered dresses. (Bring your own French baguettes.) The company said it is moving to Dallas to be closer to key offices of suppliers like Cisco Systems and mobile phone makers Nokia and Research in Motion as well as major airports that will make it easier for executives to travel around. About 700 of San Antonios 6,000 employees will make the move, including much of the senior management team headed by Randall Stephenson, AT&Ts chairman and chief executive. Some departments will stay behind, such as the companys telecommunications network group. There may be benefits to staying San Antonio, though. For landlines, the Dallas area is split between AT&T and archrival Verizon. In San Antonio, AT&T has the market virtually to itself. And according to an unscientific poll of visitors who cast votes on Kiplinger.com, the Web site of the popular personal finance magazine, San Antonio is the tenth-best city to live in. Dallas trails at No. 15. Worse, even Mr. Stephensons hometown of Oklahoma City ranks higher than Dallas, coming in at No. 11. ================================================= George Antunes Voice (713) 743-3923 Associate Professor Fax (713) 743-3927 Political Science Internet: antunes at uh dot edu University of Houston Houston, TX 77204-3011 ******************************* * POST TO [EMAIL PROTECTED] * ******************************* Medianews mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.etskywarn.net/mailman/listinfo/medianews
