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AT&T Expanding Wireless Despite Job Cuts

By Brian T. Horowitz
December 5, 2008

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Dallas-based AT&T announced yesterday that it will cut 12,000 jobs, or about 4 percent of its workforce. However, as demand for mobile service on devices such as the iPhone increases for AT&T, the company plans to add jobs in mobile, video, and broadband.

This should keep from giving iPhone users a headache. AT&T is still the only service offering iPhone access.

The company cited economic pressures, a changing business climate and a more streamlined organizational structure as the reasons for the cuts.

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