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Chapter 617 Gold Ten Thousand Twos
Not to mention anything else, just talking about the broadband business, American Telecom is now the leader in the global telecommunications industry, and has the most users in the global telecommunications industry.

American Telecom's broadband fee is much more expensive than AOL's dial-up Internet access. AOL raised the price secretly several times, and finally raised the fee to 21 US dollars, which means that an AOL user has to pay 21 US dollars for the Internet fee every month. beautiful knife.

However, America Telecom’s home broadband fee starts at $45, which is more than twice that of AOL. It’s not that America Telecom cuts leeks. The key is that America Telecom’s network speed is more than a hundred times faster than AOL’s. What's wrong?
After Song Yang heard Iger's words, he couldn't help but nodded. If America Telecom's users can reach 210 million next year, then the annual broadband fee will be able to receive more than one billion dollars.

Broadband will definitely be the mainstream in the future. Dial-up Internet access will be replaced sooner or later. When America Telecom's users cover half of American households, there will be close to ten million users. Every year, optical broadband fees can receive tens of billions of dollars. above.

Broadband lines and servers are a bit more expensive, and the payback period is long, but as long as it is completed, it will not be a problem to pay for more than ten years, and American Telecom will become a cash cow by then!
"Mobile Internet access is the fastest-growing business of American Telecom. The number of mobile Internet users of American Telecom has exceeded 280 million in America, and the monthly revenue exceeds 5000 million U.S. dollars!"

When Eiger mentioned the cost of mobile Internet access, he couldn't help but smile, it's really a 2G network, it's so fucking profitable!
America Telecom's Internet access package starts at US$49, which includes 20M traffic. After it is used up, you can purchase 10M traffic for US$30, which can be purchased repeatedly.

And a P1 mobile phone user, as long as he starts to surf the Internet, it is not a problem to spend a few US dollars a day. I dare not open the Firefox browser, and the 10M traffic ran out after a week or two. If you want to use it, you have to continue to buy traffic!
For America Telecom, once the traffic is opened, it costs ten thousand taels of gold. It costs a lot to build a base station, but the money is really fast, and Iger can't wait for users to open more traffic.

As for American Telecom, the only company that provides mobile Internet services in America now is American Telecom. There is no semicolon, high-tech gadgets, what’s the matter with the high fees? A few years ago, a computer cost tens of thousands of dollars. As for the knife, there are people who want to buy it. American Telecom has worked hard to provide the 2G network, so what’s wrong with charging some US dollars? !

"America Telecom has already started business in Canada, England, Singapore, Bangzi, Siam and other places outside of America, especially in Bangzi and Siam. America Telecom has an advantage in broadband and mobile Internet services. In the future America Telecom's revenue will further increase."

What Eiger said is already quite implicit. Taking advantage of Soros's opportunity to do business in Southeast Asia, America Telecom has already occupied the telecom broadband market in Siam, Singapore, Bangzi, Cochin, the Philippines and other places. When the number of users in these places increases Now, it's time for American Telecom to cut leeks!
Song Yang looked at Iger and said, "America Telecom's network speed, regardless of the charges, must provide users with the fastest network speed.

The P2 mobile phone that Alcatel mobile phone is developing will add some new functions. American Telecom should cooperate to provide users with ring tones, multimedia messages, picture downloads, mobile online games and other services! "

Leaving aside whether it’s a problem or not, American Telecom’s network speed is the fastest anyway. Even if someone complains, they can only complain about the high fees and not the slow network speed.

Hearing that Alcatel's mobile phone was about to launch new functions, Iger immediately agreed, "America Telecom will cooperate with Alcatel's mobile phone plan!"

American Telecom, which has tasted the sweetness, hopes that Alcatel mobile phones can introduce some new functions to allow users to surf the Internet more. Anyway, the functions launched by Alcatel mobile phones will make money on mobile phones. American Telecom will definitely make money.

"America Telecom's customer service, maintenance and after-sales centers must all be established."

Song Yang confessed to Eiger. Hearing Song Yang's words, Eiger felt dizzy. To build a large customer service center, repair center, after-sales service, etc. would require a lot of personnel and equipment. Another big expense.

But Iger also understands that if America Telecom wants to keep working as a grassroots team, these must be done, otherwise, I am afraid, it will not be able to do it at all.

"America Telecom and Bell Labs have to start cooperating. We must do a good job in the research and development of next-generation broadband and mobile Internet in advance. America Telecom must be absolutely ahead of other telecom groups in terms of technology..."

Song Yang said to Iger that the background of American Telecom is far inferior to that of other telecom giants. Even WorldCom took more than ten years to get to where it is today. The industry can only be regarded as a rookie.

If they don't want to be swallowed up by other established giants, American Telecom must be ahead in terms of technology. For things like fiber optics and 3G, America Telecom must be developed in advance!
"I see!"

Iger said in a deep voice that the emergence of American Telecom has a cost of trickery. It happened to be the emergence of broadband technology. When several major telecom giants had not had time to lay broadband lines on a large scale, America Telecom took advantage of it.

However, major telecom giants, even Internet companies such as Yahoo, will insert their hands into the telecom industry sooner or later. When the time comes, the broadband market may not be a mess. The giant companies like to play price wars the most. The major telecom giants are all Wealthy and powerful, if we really want to roll up, American Telecom will definitely not be able to roll over those old telecom giants.

In order not to be swallowed up, American Telecom must have an advantage in technology and after-sales. It takes a little skill...

Song Yang flipped through the documents in front of him. It's hard to say whether Eiger is a top professional manager on Wall Street, but in America Telecom, Eiger's work can be regarded as a success.

Perhaps there are still top professional managers on Wall Street who are more capable than Iger, but whether those people are suitable for American Telecom is another matter.

"Egger..."

Song Yang raised his head to look at Eiger, seeing Song Yang's dark color, Eiger's heart skipped a beat, and he had a faint premonition.

"Congratulations, you have become a partner of America Telecom!"

Song Yang stretched out his hand to Iger, "I will nominate you to become a partner at the next American Telecom board meeting. In addition to the salary of 500 million US dollars, you will also receive a bonus of 500 million US dollars in dividends. Option rewards, Iger, you will get 4% of American Telecom options, and when you retire or leave American Telecom, America Telecom will buy back this part of the equity at the market price.”

Iger's heart skipped a beat, knowing that this day would come, but it came so soon, which was somewhat beyond Iger's expectations. Today, in terms of salary, he has become the top professional manager on Wall Street in one fell swoop!
Now several major professional managers on Wall Street, Welch, the president of General Electric, can get nearly 800 million dollars a year. Much higher.

In addition, there is Gerstner, the president of IBM, whose salary is not much different from Welch's. Best, the president of Telegraph, has a higher salary. He can get 1500 million dollars, but there is no reward for equity or options. Best has sold Bell Labs, and next year if there is no accident, he can get a lot of dividends.

Iger's salary is not as good as these veteran professional managers, but the salary of tens of millions of dollars is definitely at the top of Wall Street professional managers, not to mention the 4% American Telecom option reward , This is the real big head!

If America Telecom goes public or is acquired in the future, according to the current valuation of America Telecom, Iger can sell 4% of the shares, and he will be able to enter the American Fortune List directly.

Eiger wanted to calm down, but his beating heart made it difficult for Eiger to calm down. He took a huge risk and didn't even get paid for the first year just to get this position. Now Eiger won the bet , What I got this time is equivalent to several times what I got back then!
Looking at Iger in a daze, Song Yang said to him, "Iger, after ICQ goes public, America Telecom may need some changes, but I guarantee that your status will not change..."

A few minutes later, Iger looked at Song Yang in shock. When he heard that ICQ was going to merge with ICNC, NBC, Comcast TV, and American Telecom, he couldn't help it no matter how good he was. up.

Eiger opened his mouth, with thousands of thoughts in his mind, but after a while, he didn't ask a word. He knew that Song Yang could tell him this matter, probably it had been decided long ago.

If it were a strong professional manager, it would have been a long time ago, but Eiger just nodded with a complicated expression after being silent for a while, "I will cooperate with ICQ, Song!"

Song Yang laughed, and said in a casual tone, "Maybe, maybe the merger is only temporary. In a few years after the merger, America Telecom will become independent, it's not certain!"

Hearing this, Eiger always felt that Song Yang seemed to be hinting at something, but he was tactful and didn't ask any more questions. Having been on Wall Street for so many years, Eiger knew that sometimes knowing too much might not be a good thing.

"Song, today America Telecom wants to meet someone, do you want to come together?"

Song Yang glanced at Eiger curiously, wondering why Eiger was going to be interviewing a senior executive, and Song Yang didn't understand until he met James Crowe.

"President Crowe, why did you choose America Telecom?!"

(End of this chapter)