Michael Armstrong
Michael Armstrong
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It's not quite as simple as putting up some access points and turning them on. The biggest decision is the business model. How do you make this work successfully?
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For Hughes Aircraft to remain competitive in a shrinking market, there was a need to increase its participation in the industry consolidation. Raytheon together with Hughes will create a much more competitive company.
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David is uniquely qualified to head our new business, ... He has experience in launching successful start-ups, and in running multi-billion dollar businesses, just what we need to head a global venture that, on day one, will be a $10 billion company.
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That's not where we want it and there's much more to be done to achieve more growth.
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The aggregate payout will be reduced, ... Cash flow will not go to dividends but into growth...the dividend payment will be appropriate to the companies' peers in the industries that they compete in.
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It's amazing how complicated this industry can make saying 'Hello,' ... actually will save consumers money because it's simple, it's any day and all day, it's straightforward.
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We set out to transform this company from a point-to-point long-distance company. The results today are strong. They need to be better, and they will be. But it's now time to recognize the value creation phase of our strategy.
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We're getting the fat out of the company,
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We're putting the best brand in communications with the best broadband infrastructure in America,
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The deal gives us reach to some 283 countries, ... It also gives us a facilities-based strategy to provide universal service to our customers.
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We're comfortable that if the Time Warner partnership is not attributable to AT&T that we can fit under the 30 percent cap,
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We know of no objections or issues at the FCC, so we believe that removes any last doubt there is,
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Our results reflect a business managing through a difficult economic and industry-wide climate, ... In the face of these pressures, we remain focused on controlling costs and growing revenue in our growth businesses.
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Americans have been waiting for someone to run another wire to their homes to give them a choice in local phone service and deliver the advanced services they expect in a competitive market,