AT&T announced yesterday that it signed an agreement with IBM to serve as the company’s provider of outsourced telecommunications and network management services -- an assignment previously handled by IBM’s own services division.
AT&T said it expects the agreement, which was announced in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, could be worth up to $1 billion in additional revenue over a five-year period. The company said it doesn’t expect the deal to have a material impact on its financial results, and that it expects to incur charges of approximately $80 million over the next year because of the deal.
AT&T also announced that it had agreed to expand the IT services that it buys from IBM. The company said it expects to incur roughly $60 million in charges because of the expanded purchases of IBM IT services.
IBM spokesman Fred McNeese says that the company’s outsourced telecommunications and network management services had previously been provided by IBM Global Services.
“It was a strategic decision,” McNeese says. “We concluded that network management services would be best handled by a partner, and we have an outstanding working relationship with AT&T.”
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RE: AT&T signs network management deal with IBMBy Anonymous on October 24, 2007, 6:58 pmHow many employees are affected at IBM?
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About 2500 employees around the worldBy Anonymous on March 6, 2008, 9:06 pmAbout 2500 employees around the world
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