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Chapter 616
Compared with America Telecom, which was only an empty shelf when it was first established, it has changed from a grassroots bandit to a regular army at this time. Iger also has a group of management members joining in. The biggest change brought to America Telecom is not how many markets it has won , How many new businesses have been developed, but America Telecom has a complete system.

Among them, the credit of the Telephone and Telegraph Group is also inseparable. Although the Telephone and Telegraph Group is somewhat internally rigid, it has rich experience and can operate for a hundred years. It must have its own uniqueness. This is even estimated by IBM and General Electric. All beyond reach.

With the help of the Telephone and Telegraph Group and the management of Eiger and the others, America Telecom has now established its own management system, which is not so advanced.

In addition, as a new company, it will not shirk and argue when it comes to handling affairs, at least it will not be like other established telecommunications companies. If there is a problem with the telephone or TV line, it will take ten days and a half months before it can be repaired.

America Telecom, on the other hand, maintains lines for institutions and companies on Wall Street, and equips them with specialized maintenance personnel who are on call 24 hours a day. After all, these institutions have paid real money, tens of millions of dollars a year for dedicated line seats. , It can't be for nothing!
Although American Telecom also harvests leeks, it is reasonable at least. It will not take money and do nothing. Now American Telecom has a good relationship with Wall Street and Amerika, and basically renews the contract with American Telecom every year. line.

As for ordinary home broadband and mobile phone mobile network users, America Telecom also has a dedicated customer service, logistics, and repair center, but the efficiency is still a bit worse than that provided by Wall Street institutions and large companies, but it is basically in the third or fourth Solve the problem within days, make sure it will not exceed a week!

It seems that the efficiency is not high, but it all depends on the peers. With this, American Telecom won the title of the best service provider in the telecommunications industry in America last year. It is much better.

For example, AOL provides dial-up Internet service, regardless of whether users vote or complain. AOL will provide users with a trial period, that is, during the trial period, using AOL dial-up Internet access is free.

But for the deceived users, after binding the family account, credit card and AOL account, AOL will not care about it. After the trial period ends, the default user will renew the fee and start deducting money directly. Even if the user complains, AOL will ignore it and charge it first. Let’s talk about the money, and start sending bills to the user’s home directly.

If you dare not pay the money, you will be sued. Of course, AOL is just looking for money. It is not as overbearing as the American real estate company. If you dare not pay the property fee, it can really drive people out, and then auction the house to pay back the money... …

In the end, even if the binding is undone, AOL has collected Internet access fees for at least a few months. It’s a lie, but those who have been cut leeks are still suffering. For $[-] or $[-], go sue AOL. , the federal court may not accept it, and the lawyer's fee is too high. Even if they sue and demand high compensation, but as long as AOL procrastinates, and finally the plaintiff can't bear it, he will take some dollars and rush to settle the matter. Maybe the lawyer's fee will be paid Not necessarily enough.

Compared with these peers, America Telecom is simply a white lotus flower. America Telecom is not necessarily better, but as long as it is a little bit better than its peers, it is enough. Who made this a blue world...

When Song Yang came to America Telecom's headquarters in New York, he saw a busy figure as soon as he entered the door. America Telecom's nominal headquarters is in Houston.

When America Telecom was first established, it was in a small building in Houston, which is still the headquarters of America Telecom in name, but in fact, this nearly [-]-story building in New York is where Eiger and other executives work. The place, the headquarters in Houston, is equivalent to an office.

"Tell Telephone and Telegraph Group and Alcatel Telecom France that the top 2 cities in America must all open America Telecom's [-]G network this year..."

When Song Yang opened the door to Eiger's office, he heard Eiger say to several executives that he was obviously having a headache for America Telecom's mobile network.

The 2G network, which is considered slow by dogs in later generations, is still a "high technology". Alcatel P1 is the world's first mobile phone that can access the Internet. Mobile networks are just emerging.

"Song!"

"Director Bruno!"

Seeing Song Yang coming in, Eiger and several executives got up quickly and shouted at Song Yang.

Song Yang looked towards Eiger, seeing Bob Eiger now, he no longer had the look of fear and uneasiness when he saw Song Yang for the first time, and now Eiger has brought Some shadows of powerful figures.

Before coming to American Telecom, Iger was just an executive of ESPN, a subsidiary of ABC Group, but now, Iger is already in a high position, in charge of American Telecom, which is valued at over US$[-] billion.

When Iger took office, the group of media who ridiculed Iger because it was cheap and Song Yang didn’t want to spend money called Iger a freelancer. At this time, they all changed their tune and praised Iger as one of the top professional managers on Wall Street. one!

In fact, since Iger took office, American Telecom has performed too eye-catchingly. In the first half of this year, America Telecom’s revenue exceeded 37 billion US dollars. It sounds quite bluffing without mentioning the profit.

America Telecom can earn so much, almost half of which is contributed by Alcatel mobile phones. Alcatel P1 mobile phone has been selling well this year, and now the sales volume has exceeded 500 million units. Sales volume alone exceeded US$17 billion!

This is only the sales volume of Alcatel mobile phone brand. America Telecom's mobile phone retail stores have now obtained the sales rights of Nokia, Motorola, Siemens, Ericsson, etc. After all, these mobile phone brands have joined the Symbian Alliance, which is not true. Turn against American Telecom.

Just selling mobile phones, America Telecom has sold more than 20 billion dollars, and the rest is broadband, 2G network fees, etc., adding up to America Telecom's revenue has reached a new level, compared with some established telecom operators, Earn more!
Of course, those who sell mobile phones, that is to say, look at making a lot of money, are actually hard money. For example, Best Buy, the largest mobile phone retailer in America, had a revenue of more than 5 billion U.S. dollars last year, but only less than More than [-] million US dollars, Best Buy is like this, and other mobile phone retailers are even more conceivable.

America Telecom and Alcatel Mobile Phone are a family, but they earn more. Alcatel Mobile Phone now has a high profit per unit price, and the distribution to retailers and suppliers is also a little bit more. So much money.

Seeing Song Yang coming in, several senior executives in Eiger's office left the venue tactfully. The big benefactor has been in San Jose all year round, and he finally came to New York. It must not be to meet them, although they To help the executives, I also really want to have something to do with Song Yang, the big money lord.

After Song Yang sat down, he saw that there was an extra row of bookcases in Eiger's office, almost half of which were professional books on the telecommunications industry. Eiger was not a professional in the telecommunications industry, but he was obviously trying to make up for it. thing.

Seeing Song Yang's gaze, Eiger smiled wryly and said, "I am not a professional in telecommunications engineering, but I need to know this industry..."

In front of Song Yang, Eiger did not pretend to be Bi, saying that no one in the telecommunications industry knows better than him, bragging about Bi depends on the occasion, and Eiger does not need to pretend to be a big bull in front of Song Yang, after all The person in front of him is a genius recognized by the Internet industry...

What is good at the top must be good at the bottom. Song Yang attaches great importance to technical talents. In ICQ, Alcatel mobile phones, etc., technicians and engineers are allowed to participate in management. This makes other industries in Song Yang's hands, no matter it is real Regardless of whether they value engineers or just put on a show, including American Telecom, technical engineers have entered the management team and have the right to participate in decision-making.

Facing those engineers, Iger had to make sure that he could understand what they were saying. Even if professional things were left to professional people, Iger needed to make sure he understood the industry.

"America Telecom is in trouble?" Song Yang asked Iger after sitting down.

Iger nodded, "The base station of the mobile network is too slow to be laid. Now it has only entered the top [-] cities in America. It may take some time to cover the top [-] cities. Sprint, Chartered Several telecommunications companies have also entered the broadband and mobile network industries, and they are fiercely competing with American Telecom!"

Broadband and mobile networks are emerging businesses in the telecommunications industry. Telephone and Telegraph Group, WorldCom, Verizon and other telecommunications giants are all paying attention to phone bills, making money by collecting phone bills. When they focus on broadband, that's when the real competition is fierce.

America's telecommunications industry is basically competing for the top [-] cities. As for the areas other than these [-] cities, America Telecom has no interest at all.

Except for these big cities, the rest of the places are sparsely populated, and a town has only a few thousand people. The cost of laying the line here, operation, maintenance, and manpower is too high, and the compensation will definitely be overturned, so American Telecom or other operators, I have no interest in going there. Even if those places are not connected to electricity, it has nothing to do with America Telecom...

Eiger took out a few documents and put them in front of Song Yang, which he had prepared a long time ago. Even if Song Yang didn't come this time, he would go to San Jose to report to Song Yang.

"America Telecom is now the largest broadband and mobile network operator in America. Now America Telecom is the first service provider for American companies to access broadband. It is expected that the number of household users in America who will access broadband will reach 4.4% next year. , America Telecom may have more than 210 million subscribers..."

　I'm sorry for the late update. I don't know if it's not acclimatized. It's outrageous. I've been running to the toilet every day for the past few days after I came back. It was better after I poured montmorillonite powder this morning. I'm sorry for the late update, ()
　
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