• DocumentCode
    938898
  • Title

    Communications consolidation after an era of no restraints

  • Author

    Greenstein, Shane

  • Volume
    25
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2005
  • Firstpage
    72
  • Lastpage
    71
  • Abstract
    AT&T recently accepted an offer to be acquired by another company. So did MCI, which is what is left of MCI Worldcom. Both will become part of large local telephone companies, SBC and Verizon. Qwest also would like to buy MCI, but MCI had rejected its bid, as of this writing.
  • Keywords
    Business; Cellular phones; Companies; Corporate acquisitions; Internet telephony; Marketing and sales; Military computing; Radio access networks; Technological innovation; Web and internet services;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Micro, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0272-1732
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MM.2005.26
  • Filename
    1453490