AT&T Relocates its Corporate Headquarters to Dallas

AT&T will move its corporate headquarters from San Antonio to Dallas. Atlanta will continue to be the headquarters for AT&T’s Mobility group. New Jersey will continue to be the headquarters for the company’s Global Business Services group and AT&T Labs. St. Louis will continue as home to the company’s Directory operations. The company’s Telecom Operations group, which serves residential and regional business customers in 22 U.S. states, will remain in San Antonio.

AT&T said it is relocating its headquarters to Dallas in order to gain better access to its customers and operations throughout the world, and to the key technology partners, suppliers, innovation and human resources needed as it continues to grow, domestically and internationally. Network equipment companies that have major operations in Dallas, such as Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, Ericsson, Fujitsu, Huawei, Nokia, Nortel, RIM and Samsung.

The move will begin in the coming weeks and is expected to be complete around year end. It is expected to involve about 700 of the company’s nearly 6,000 San Antonio-based employees.

“We’re a growing global company with customers and operations around the world,” said Randall Stephenson, AT&T chairman and CEO. “Being headquartered in Dallas will benefit our long-term growth prospects and human resources needs, and our ability to operate more efficiently, better serve customers and expand the business in the future.http://www.att.com