After huge job-cuts, AT&T to add 3,000 jobs
By siliconindia   |   Wednesday, 11 March 2009, 22:01 IST   |    3 Comments
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After huge job-cuts, AT&T to add 3,000 jobs
New York: AT&T is planning to hire nearly 3,000 people this year and invest between $17 billion and $18 billion to drive growth by enhancing wireless and broadband networks to provide more coverage. The capital spending plans of AT&T are in line with the $17.7 billion the company spent in 2007, but still below the $19.7 billion it spent in 2008, reported BusinessWeek. However, though the company will add jobs in 2009 to meet continued demand for broadband services, it will still cut jobs in other areas as previously announced, because of a tough economy and a shift toward wireless and broadband. In December, AT&T said it will cut 12,000 jobs, or about 4 percent of its work force. The job cuts began in December and will continue throughout 2009. "Demand for broadband continues to grow as new applications emerge and customers embrace them, leading to data traffic on our network growing more than 50 percent year-over-year on average," said Chief Executive Randall Stephenson. AT&T said it will expand its third-generation, or 3G, mobile broadband service to 20 new markets this year. The company also said it plans to expand in Oklahoma by adding at least 30 new cell sites in the state this year, in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and Shawnee, among other cities.

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