|
The
company and the biggest satellite-TV provider DirecTV became the
country's largest pay-TV company, completing their merger after
receiving final regulatory approval.
The combination with DirecTV was aimed at beefing up
Dallas-based AT&T's packages of cellular, broadband, TV and
fixed-line phone services.
In an offer starting on Aug. 10, AT&T will provide HD and DVR
service for up to four TV receivers, unlimited talk and text for
four wireless lines, and 10GB of wireless data.
The newly expanded AT&T leapfrogs the biggest U.S. cable company
Comcast Corp Corp.
The company said it would serve more than 55 million customers
in the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean, making it
the world's biggest pay-TV company.
(Reporting by Subrat Patnaik in Bengaluru and Malathi Nayak in
San Francisco; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)
[© 2015 Thomson Reuters. All rights
reserved.] Copyright 2015 Reuters. All rights reserved. This material may not be published,
broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
 |
|
