Comments on: What would AT&T gain from going multinational? Not much http://gigaom.com/2013/01/18/what-would-att-gain-from-going-multinational-not-much/ Fri, 24 May 2013 13:32:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: RandysBuddy http://gigaom.com/2013/01/18/what-would-att-gain-from-going-multinational-not-much/#comment-1301052 Sat, 19 Jan 2013 04:56:20 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=602520#comment-1301052 AT&T seems to prefer to acquire companies, and add them to its balance sheet instead of providing service without caps.

It wasn’t long ago where AT&T was a wireline company, whom for a small monthly fee, you could call any local number.

Today, as technology as progressed, AT&T can’t seem to offer unlimited service like it did in the past. That’s too bad.

]]> By: Tsahi Levent-Levi http://gigaom.com/2013/01/18/what-would-att-gain-from-going-multinational-not-much/#comment-1300932 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:31:25 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=602520#comment-1300932 Kevin,

This can be a step to becoming a global player instead of a local one.
Carriers are having a hard time competing – not against each other but rather against handset vendors and other OTT players (yes, handset vendors these days are fierce OTT players).
The main disadvantage carriers have is being local. Solving that means being able to compete better – assuming they see themselves providing services and not only connectivity and some local services to attach to it.

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