AT&T
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AT&T is a corporation[1] founded by Alexander Graham Bell and led by CEO John Stankey. The company operates in the telecommunications, mass media, and postal and telecommunications services industries[2].
Its product portfolio includes satellite television, landline telephone, mobile phone, broadband, digital television, and software[3]. As of 2016, AT&T employed 273,000 people[4].
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- Country: United States[3], US[4]
- Instance of: enterprise[5], public company[6], telecommunication company[7]
- Founder: Alexander Graham Bell[8]
- Owned by: The Vanguard Group[9], BlackRock[10]
- Follows: AT&T Corporation[11], SBC Communications[12]
- Headquarters location: Dallas[13]
- Chief executive officer: John Stankey[14]
- Child organization or unit: Cricket Wireless[15], ICR AT&T México[16], Southwestern Bell[17], BellSouth[18], Nextel México[19], Unefón ICR[20], AT&T Mobility[21], AT&T Corporation[22], AT&T Labs[23], AT&T Intellectual Property Marketing, Inc.[24], AT&T Properties, LLC[25], AT&T Intellectual Property I[26], AT&T Intellectual Property II[27], DirecTV[28]
- Part of: S&P 500[29], S&P 100[30]
- Commons category: AT&T[31]
- Stock exchange: New York Stock Exchange[32]
- Industry: telecommunications[33], mass media[34], postal and telecommunications services[35]
- Inception: October 5, 1983[36], 2005[37], 1885[38], 1983-10-05[39]
- Significant event: Hemisphere Project[40]
- Official website: https://www.att.com[41], http://about.att.com/sites/company_profile[42], https://attvip.mx[43]
- Topic's main category: Category:AT&T[44]
- Product or material produced: satellite television[45], landline telephone[46], mobile phone[47], broadband[48], digital television[49], software[50], broadband Internet access[51]
- Employees: 273,000[52], 230,000[53], 202,600[54]
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GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data
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Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300Z40J86GGSTL398[55]
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Registered legal name: At&T INC.[56]
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Legal jurisdiction: US-DE[57]
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GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[58]
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Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): XTIQ[59]
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Entity status: ACTIVE[60]
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LEI registration status: ISSUED[61]
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Entity created: 1983-10-05[62]
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LEI first registered: 2012-12-04[63]
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LEI last updated: 2025-10-20[64]
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LEI next renewal: 2026-10-21[65]
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Managing LOU: 5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12[66]
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Registration authority: RA000602[67]
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Authority entity ID: 2018584[68]
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Conformity flag: CONFORMING[69]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for AT&T include AT&T Stadium[70], an American football venue[71], in United States[72], founded in 2009[73] and Frost Bank Center[74], an arena[75], in United States[76], founded in 2002[77].
Why It Matters
AT&T has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[78] AT&T is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.[79]
Entities named for AT&T include AT&T Stadium[70], an American football venue[71], in United States[72], founded in 2009[73] and Frost Bank Center[74], an arena[75], in United States[76], founded in 2002[77].