AT&T Gains FCC Approval to Replace Copper Lines With Wireless Tech
AT&T Gains FCC Approval to Replace Copper Lines With Wireless Tech
AT&T Inc (NYSE:T) won the Federal Communications Commission's consent to replace old copper home phone lines with new wireless landline technology.
AT&T公司（紐交所：T）獲得了聯邦通信委員會的批准，允許用新的無線座機技術替換舊的銅質家庭電話線。
The approval concerns only a handful of Oklahoma residences where AT&T seeks to retire the costly technology, Bloomberg reports.
據彭博社報道，該批准僅涉及少數幾個俄克拉荷馬州的住戶，AT&T希望退出現有的昂貴技術。
However, it could open the door to more neighborhoods.
然而，這可能爲更多社區打開大門。
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Previously the telecom company launched a landline option that was compatible with home handsets, leveraging its wireless phone network with the internet as a backup.
之前，這家電信公司推出了一種適配家庭電話的座機選項，利用其無線電話網絡，並以Internet Plus-related作爲備份。
AT&T targets updating its 5G network and expanding its fiber coverage to 50 million locations by 2029, including retiring its legacy copper network operations.
AT&T的目標是到2029年更新其5G網絡，並將光纖覆蓋擴展到5000萬處，包括淘汰其傳統的銅線網絡運營。
The company expects to produce over $50 billion in financial capacity over the next three years, mainly through organic growth for 2025-2027, backed by $22 billion in annual capital investment. AT&T eyes $40 billion in shareholder return through $20 billion in dividends and $20 billion in repurchases during the period.
該公司預計在未來三年內產生超過500億美元的財務能力，主要通過有機增長實現2025-2027年，支持220億美元的年資本投資。AT&T預計在此期間通過200億美元的分紅派息和200億美元的回購實現400億美元的股東回報。
Goldman Sachs analyst James Schneider flagged AT&T's aggressive expansion of its fiber network across the U.S., which has the potential to drive broadband revenue growth and offset legacy declines. Schneider noted AT&T leveraging cross-selling opportunities between fiber and wireless services to boost per-customer returns.
高盛分析師詹姆斯·施耐德指出，AT&T在美國積極擴展其光纖網絡，具有推動寬帶營業收入增長和彌補傳統業務下滑的潛力。施耐德提到，AT&T利用光纖和無線服務之間的交叉銷售機會來提升每位客戶的回報。
With the ongoing implementation of its copper decommissioning plan, Schneider observed that AT&T's Wireline margins may improve even as legacy revenues decline. He projected potential cost savings of $4.5 billion from these initiatives.
在繼續實施其銅退役計劃的過程中，施耐德觀察到AT&T的固定電話業務利潤率可能會改善，即使傳統營業收入在下降。他預計這些舉措將帶來45億的潛在成本節省。
AT&T stock surged over 33% year-to-date. Investors can gain exposure to the stock through iShares MSCI ACWI ETF (NASDAQ:ACWI) and Avantis U.S. Equity ETF (NYSE:AVUS).
AT&T股票在年初至今上漲超過33%。投資者可以通過iShares MSCI ACWI ETF（納斯達克：ACWI）和Avantis美國股票ETF（紐交所：AVUS）獲得對該股票的投資曝光。
Price Action: T stock closed up by 0.48% to $22.95 on Tuesday.
價格走勢：該股票在週二收漲0.48%，至22.95美元。
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