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What Is The Difference Between At & T And Verizon Business Model
This news was nothing new, both AT&T and Verizon were looking to change their business model given the slowdown in wireless carrier growth. Whereas the directors and business people at Verizon pat themselves on the back for being such “great operators” and very successful in building the largest wireless operation in the US. A person doesn’t have to look to far back to see that Verizon’s acquisitions for the past 15 years reveals a very poor record in terms of return on invested capital, with Verizon ranking at the bottom of the list for ROIC in terms of largest technology companies. I think that the proposed acquisition of Time Warner by AT&T has the potential (and I use that word loosely) of providing a better customer experience, improved
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