A STORY OF AT&T

How AT&T changes our lives
Origin of AT&T
Downfall of AT&T

同济大学，孙翰菲，英语课用，图片来自互联网

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1. A STORY OF AT&T Hanfei Sun, Chao Shan, Li Zhang Sunday, May 5, 13
2. What is AT & T ? ≈ A monopoly over America’s phones for more than a century Sunday, May 5, 13
3. So, What’s in it for me? Sunday, May 5, 13
4. Outline How AT&T changes our lives Origin of AT&T Downfall of AT&T Sunday, May 5, 13
5. Who’re the two guys? Sunday, May 5, 13
6. Have you used this book? Sunday, May 5, 13
7. the inventor of C language is K&R Sunday, May 5, 13
8. Have you used Smartphone? Sunday, May 5, 13
9. iOS and Android both derives from UNIX Sunday, May 5, 13
10. Designed also by K&R Sunday, May 5, 13
11. Inventions from Bell Lab that changes the world 1947, The transistor 1948, Information Theory 1979, Digital signal processor Sunday, May 5, 13
12. The first trans-Atlantic telephone cable, completed in 1956 Sunday, May 5, 13
13. Echo, the first communications satellite, in 1960 Sunday, May 5, 13
14. First lasers, circa 1961 Sunday, May 5, 13
15. The Telstar I satellite in 1962. Sunday, May 5, 13
16. The Picturephone introduced at the 1964 World’s Fair, but proved to be a flop because of high development costs Sunday, May 5, 13
17. Father of AT&T Bell at the opening of the long- distance line from New York to Chicago in 1892. Sunday, May 5, 13
18. ORIGIN OF AT&T American Telephone & Telegraph, New York, 1877 Sunday, May 5, 13
19. Milestones in AT&T History 1892, National long distance services reached San Francisco 1927, Transatlantic services started 1925, Bell Laboratories founded, 3% profits for Research Sunday, May 5, 13
20. DOWNFALL OF AT&T Sunday, May 5, 13
21. Downfall of AT&T Breakup into 7 companies in 1984, under anti-trust law Split into 3 companies in 1995 (Lucent, NCR and AT&T), under the pressure from frustrated investors Rise of Cellular technology & Internet from 1995 to 2000 Sunday, May 5, 13
22. BREAKUP & CONSOLIDATION Sunday, May 5, 13
23. THE SHRINK OF FIXED-LINE SERVICE Because of Sunday, May 5, 13
24. Internet rises Sunday, May 5, 13
25. Fading light Sunday, May 5, 13
26. CURRENT AT&T Sunday, May 5, 13
27. Go back to the lesson For instance, every large telecommunications firm, from AT&T to Deutsche Telekom missed the two most significant opportunities of the '90s -- cellular technology and the Internet. They could have owned these technologies years ago but are now paying fortunes to buy their way in. These companies missed the market because their leaders thought the emerging technologies would be insignificant compared to their current business. Short-sighted Sunday, May 5, 13
28. THANKS! Sunday, May 5, 13