Contrario a la información que mencionamos que AT&T no buscaría la revancha para su ambiciosa adquisición de T-Mobile, ahora parece querer ganar al único que le queda para poder hacerlo, la FCC.
La Comisión Federal de Comunicaciones recibirá otra promesa de AT&T para tratar de convencerlo a que no le siga los pasos a Fiscalía Federal de Estados Unidos en denegarles la autorización de comprar a T-Mobile.
La noble oferta es de AT&T comprometerse a crear 5,000 empleos con los que se crearán luego que automáticamente AT&T tendría que crear más plazas para Call Center de servicio al cliente y por si fuera poco, AT&T otorgará $8 billones a la infraestructura americana y al Instituto de Pólizas Económicas, que experto indica que si AT&T es serio, pudiera crear unos 98,000 empleos directamente (ya llegamos a los 103,000 plazas creadas si es cierto la información).
Comunicado de prensa:
AT&T to Bring 5,000 Call Center Jobs Back to U.S. Following T-Mobile Merger Closing
Commits Merger Will Not Result in Job Losses for Existing U.S. Wireless Call Center Employees of T-Mobile and AT&T
Largest Return of Jobs by Any U.S. Company Since 2008
DALLAS, Aug. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) today committed that after closing its proposed merger with T-Mobile USA, it will bring back 5,000 wireless call center jobs to the United States that today are outsourced to other countries.
Today’s commitment results from AT&T developing detailed analysis focused specifically on identifying opportunities with the T-Mobile merger to bring good-paying wireless call center jobs back to the United States.
In addition to bringing jobs back, AT&T committed that the merger will not result in any job losses for U.S.-based wireless call center employees of T-Mobile USA or AT&T, who are on the payroll when the merger closes.
The 5,000 new wireless call center jobs at AT&T will offer among the nation’s most highly competitive wages and benefits. AT&T, which has not yet determined where in the U.S. the new jobs will be located, is the nation’s largest employer of full-time union employees and the only unionized major U.S. wireless carrier.
“At a time when many Americans are struggling and our economy faces significant challenges, we’re pleased that the T-Mobile merger allows us to bring 5,000 jobs back to the United States and significantly increase our investment here,” said Randall Stephenson, AT&T Chairman and CEO. “This merger and today’s commitment are good for our employees, our customers and our country.”
Today’s announcement represents the largest commitment by an individual American company to bring jobs back to the U.S. since the economic crisis began in 2008.
Also, AT&T has committed as part of the T-Mobile merger to increase its U.S. infrastructure investment by more than $8 billion. According to an analysis by the Economic Policy Institute that was commissioned by the Communications Workers of America, AT&T’s increased investment is estimated to produce up to approximately 96,000 new U.S. jobs.
AT&T said today’s jobs commitment does not change its previous guidance on the expected overall merger synergies.
Beyond the jobs created, AT&T’s acquisition of T-Mobile USA provides a fast, efficient and certain solution to the impending exhaustion of wireless spectrum in many markets, which limits both companies’ ability to meet the ongoing explosive customer demand for mobile broadband. The uniquely complementary nature of AT&T and T-Mobile’s network assets will allow the combined company to add wireless network capacity – the functional equivalent of new spectrum – sooner than any other alternative.
This additional wireless network capacity will enable AT&T to offer better service — fewer dropped and blocked calls, and faster data speeds. Plus, the economic scale, additional spectrum and other benefits resulting from the merger will enable AT&T to deliver high-speed 4G LTE mobile broadband service to 97 percent of the U.S. population, or 55 million more Americans than it would without the merger. Reaching 97 percent of the population with LTE will create a much more extensive and robust mobile broadband platform that will fuel growth and investment throughout the country.
The benefits of the AT&T and T-Mobile merger have been recognized by numerous elected officials throughout the country, including 27 governors, more than 100 mayors, 11 state attorneys general, 79 Democratic Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and more than 150 chambers of commerce from 40 states, as well as a dozen labor unions and dozens of high-tech companies, such as Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo! and Oracle.
Lo curioso es que muchas personas están subestimando el silencio de T-Mobile USA, en especial su matriz la alemana Deutsche Telekom, quien también está interesado a que la compra-venta se lleve a cabo, puesto a que se les dificulta estar de #4 en el mercado de la telefonía móvil y prácticamente Deutsche Telekom quiere zapatearse a T-Mobile, tanto así que una de las opciones rumoradas es que en Estados Unidos podrían quedarse sin la soga y sin la liebre en este asunto, puesto que la alemana estaría dispuesta a abandonar el mercado americano si no se da la venta de T-Mobile y las cosas no mejoran.
Pero ya se sabe que definitivamente tomaron por sorpresa a sus ejecutivos quienes se mantendrán aferrados a que se dé la compra-venta. Otras alternativas no han sido contempladas a pesar de que AT&T le prometió $6 billones como compensación por rompimiento del trato.
