AT&T Communications

AT&T Communications

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AT&T Communications, privately owned and headquartered in the US, operates as a subsidiary of AT&T. Founded in 1983, the company employs approximately 227,440 individuals and reported $117.7B in revenue as of 2024. The company specializes in providing telecommunications services.

2024 Revenue

Founded

1983

Headcount

227,433

Headquarters

United States

Primary Segment

Telecoms

Ownership

Privately Owned

Deployments

12

News Summary:

On September 11, 2026, federal prosecutors revealed that a former AT&T retail employee exploited internal access to facilitate SIM swaps, allegedly helping a hacker transfer customers’ phone numbers to devices controlled by criminals in a conspiracy that sought to steal nearly $600,000 from victims’ bank accounts. Earlier, on September 10, AT&T stated at the Bank of America 2026 Media Communications & Entertainment Conference that its long-term investments in fiber and 5G are beginning to yield results, despite intense competition, challenging subsidy economics, and ongoing integration of recent acquisitions. Also on September 10, AT&T appointed Fazal F. Merchant, a cloud and AI security veteran and former President and CFO of Wiz Inc., to its Board of Directors; he will contribute his expertise in cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, and corporate finance across key board committees.

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AT&T Communications offers 6 products in the connectivity and cloud, media and telecoms services and telecoms tech industries. AT&T Communications's product portfolio comprises of telecoms, data centre infrastructure, enterprise connectivity services and consumer electronics.

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AT&T Communications's revenues were over $1B in 2024. Caretta Research has split AT&T Communications's revenue into 7 different product categories, the largest of which is mobile services. For full access to AT&T Communications's revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.

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Sep

15th

2026

09:18

Partnerships and Alliances, B2B Tag, Partnerships

LifeMD, AT&T Partner to Expand Virtual Care Access

LifeMD ( (LFMD) ) has provided an announcement. On September 15, 2026, LifeMD announced an exclusive collaboration with AT&T that makes LifeMD’s virtual care and pharmacy platform available as a complimentary membership to eligible AT&T wireless and fiber customers.

Sep

15th

2026

06:30

B2B Tag, Regulations and Policies, Legal Issues and Lawsuits, Regulatory Compliance

Shareholder Proposal Litigation Increases Following the SEC's Revised Rule 14a-8 Process (UPDATED)

Since the SEC stopped substantively responding to Rule 14a-8 no-action requests, shareholders are increasingly turning to litigation to challenge the exclusion of their proposals from company proxy materials. Once comparatively rare, shareholder proposal litigation has proliferated since the SEC's November 2025 announcement that it would no longer provide substantive responses to most Rule 14a-8 no-action requests.

Sep

15th

2026

06:30

M&A Activities, B2B Tag, M&A Activities

AT&T’s Lumen fiber acquisition drives up converged customer base by nearly 50%

“Not only can we sell fiber and can we sell broadband, and we're demonstrating that we can penetrate that asset better than the previous owner can, but we can attach more wireless to it,” he said.

Lightwave Online

Sep

15th

2026

05:50

The Simple Reason AT&T Isn't Too Concerned About SpaceX's Starlink Business

Shares of telecom company AT&T (NYSE:T) went into a tailspin earlier this year as fears mounted that Elon Musk's company, Space Exploration Technologies Corp (NASDAQ:SPCX), which often goes by just SpaceX, would wreak havoc on its business in the future.

Sep

15th

2026

05:30

B2B Tag, Activist Shareholder

The Simple Reason AT&T Isn't Too Concerned About SpaceX's Starlink Business

Shares of telecom company AT&T ( T +1.73% ) went into a tailspin earlier this year as fears mounted that Elon Musk's company, Space Exploration Technologies Corp ( SPCX -2.02% ) , which often goes by just SpaceX, would wreak havoc on its business in the future.

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Sep

15th

2026

03:30

Wildfire Ready: Keeping Communities Connected and Supporting Public Safety

As wildfires threaten communities, AT&T is ready to help keep customers, first responders and communities connected. AT&T’s Network Disaster Recovery (NDR) program—the largest of its kind in the industry—prepares year-round to protect our network and help maintain and restore communications when disasters like wildfires spark.

Sep

15th

2026

02:15

B2B Tag, Legal Issues and Lawsuits

T-Mobile Countersuing AT&T for False Ads

https://broadbandbreakfast.com/t-mobile-countersuing-at-t-for-false-ads/

Sep

14th

2026

22:51

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

Will 6G on T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T force them to raise your 5G bill?

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Sep

14th

2026

21:15

B2B Tag, Legal Issues and Lawsuits

Former AT&T Insider Sentenced to 16 Months for Helping SIM

Listen to this Post A Costly Reminder That the Biggest Security Weakness Can Be a Human Insider SIM swapping remains one of the most dangerous examples of how cybercrime does not always require sophisticated malware, zero-day exploits, or advanced hacking skills.

Sep

14th

2026

11:36

B2B Tag, Facility Expansion

Get your butts in Plano

AT&T is bringing its new headquarters to Plano, with the move beginning in 2028. If you work for AT&T, now is the time to start thinking about making Plano home. Plano has great neighborhoods, restaurants, shopping, schools, and easy access to the rest of DFW.

Sep

14th

2026

11:17

Capital Investment, B2B Tag, Investments

Is AT&T Asking You To Fund A Network For AI Traffic?

AT&T (T) is running its largest year ever for fiber expansion, a plan for 8 million new locations, of which over 4 million were acquired from Lumen, and asking shareholders to keep funding it. It expects $23 billion to $24 billion of capital investment in 2026, and the roughly $18 billion of buybacks and dividends is essentially all the free cash flow left.

Sep

14th

2026

06:30

Events, B2B Tag, Events and Conferences, Management Changes

US telcos dismiss satellite threat to mobile competition

AT&T CEO John Stankey was fairly measured in his responses to questions around the satellite threat when he appeared in a fireside chat at Goldman Sachs' Communacopia + Technology conference last week. As far as Stankey is concerned, direct-to-cell satellite remains a solution to connecting people in hard-to-reach areas and is not a credible solution for broad mobile coverage.

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