AT&T

AT&T Inc.

AT&T's corporate headquarters in Dallas, Texas
Formerly called	Southwestern Bell Corporation (1983–1995) SBC Communications, Inc. (1995–2005)
Type	Public
Traded as	: T SPBEX: T S&P 100 Component S&P 500 Component
Industry	Telecommunications Mass media
Predecessor	American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Founded	October 5, 1983; 33 years ago (1983-10-05)
Headquarters	Dallas, Texas, United States
Area served	North America and South America
Key people	Randall Stephenson (Chairman and CEO) Ralph de la Vega (Vice Chairman)
Products	Satellite television Fixed line telephone Mobile phone Broadband Internet access Digital television Digital home security
Revenue	US$146.8 billion (2015)
Operating income	US$27.7 billion (2015)
Net income	US$13.3 billion (2015)
Total assets	US$401.81 billion (2015)
Total equity	US$123.64 billion (2015)
Number of employees	243,620 (2015)
Divisions	AT&T Business Solutions AT&T Consumer Mobility AT&T Entertainment & Internet Services AT&T International
Subsidiaries	AT&T Corporation AT&T Digital Life AT&T Mexico AT&T Mobility AT&T U-verse BellSouth Cricket Wireless DirecTV Otter Media (50%) Quickplay Media Southwestern Bell
Website	www.att.com

AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications conglomerate, headquartered at Whitacre Tower in downtown Dallas, Texas. AT&T is the second largest provider of mobile telephone services and the largest provider of fixed telephone services in the United States, and also provides broadband subscription television services through DirecTV. AT&T is the third-largest company in Texas (the largest non-oil company, behind only ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips, and also the largest Dallas company). As of May 2014^[update], AT&T is the 23rd-largest company in the world as measured by a composite of revenues, profits, assets and market value, and the 16th-largest non-oil company. AT&T is the largest telecommunications company in the world by revenue. As of 2016^[update], it is also the 17th-largest mobile telecom operator in the world, with 130.4 million mobile customers. AT&T was ranked at #6 on the 2015 rankings of the world's most valuable brands published by Millward Brown Optimor.

AT&T Inc. began its existence as Southwestern Bell Corporation, one of seven Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) created in 1983 in the divestiture of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (founded 1885, later AT&T Corp.) following the 1982 United States v. AT&T antitrust lawsuit. Southwestern Bell changed its name to SBC Communications Inc. in 1995. In 2005, SBC purchased former parent AT&T Corp. and took on its branding, with the merged entity naming itself AT&T Inc. and using the iconic AT&T Corp. logo and stock-trading symbol.