The Great Power of Times

Chapter 255: The disintegration of telecom giants

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Flamingo released the news in advance, and its purpose is naturally to combat Nintendo and deter third-party game development companies. Fast update without ads.

In the next year, Nintendo's fc game console may not sell well.

In addition to not being supported by third-party game development companies, even gamers will not buy fc.

Think about it, Flamingo announced that within a year, products can be "trade-in", that means, from now on, buy Flamingo-1 game console, then wait until Flamingo company releases a new generation of game consoles this year When the time comes, you can spend a small amount of money to trade the old for a new one. Why not do this kind of great discount

As for Nintendo's fc, ho-are

After Li Zetian dealt with Nintendo's affairs, he turned his energy to the att company, and just told Nolan Bushnell to pay attention to Nintendo's development, and if there were signs of a rise, he would be notified immediately.

The full name of att is the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. It can be said to be the largest company in the United States. It has fixed assets of 165 billion US dollars and monopolizes more than 95% of the long-distance telecommunications business and more than 80% of the local telephone business in the United States. Bell Labs With the Western Electric Company, it has become a telecommunications giant integrating operations, scientific research and development, and equipment manufacturing, and has more than 1 million employees! ! !

Perhaps because of the butterfly effect, att was originally going to be split on New Year's Day this year, but now it has been delayed for more than a month.

On February 10, 1984, the U.S. Department of Justice forced att to split, retaining the original name of att and only operating long-distance business. The 22 Bell operations to which att belonged were reorganized into seven regional Bell operations, which could only operate local businesses. The seven regional Bell operating companies are: Bell Pacific, Americh, Bell Southwest, Bell West America, Bell Atlantic, Bell South, and Nyne.

At this moment, Li Zetian frowned greatly. After the att company was split, the original att retained the assets of 34 billion US dollars, and the remaining 131 billion US dollars was divided among the seven regional Bell operating companies. However, Li Zetian couldn't come up with so much money to buy these little Bell companies for a while. It was like a beautiful woman who took off her clothes in front of him, but he couldn't get up. Can you understand the pain

"Oh, what the fuck, the market value is so high, how can I buy it?" Li Zetian was distressed.

Dongfang Yuqin suggested: "mr li, I propose to acquire mci company."

"Why?" Li Zetian asked suspiciously. He also made a detailed understanding of the US telecommunications industry. mci company was the first competitor that att met in the long-distance telephone market. By laying microwave networks along highways, and then connecting with the local cheap local telephone network , you can replace att's long distance phone service, and the cost is much lower. In 1976, mci's sales were only $17 million and profits were only $1.3 million, but by 1983, its sales had reached $1 billion.

Dongfang Yuqin said: "mci has been suing the att company, and now it is indeed successful, but the legal victory does not translate into a victory in the market!"

Li Zetian frowned and motioned Dongfang Yuqin to continue.

"After the split, the att company will no longer be constrained, and can switch from defense to offense to compete fiercely with competitors such as mt! In addition, by virtue of the bottleneck advantage of the 'last mile', the 'sub-bells' can take advantage of the The access fee for long distance to local calls has been increased, so one of the results of the split is that the regional call fee is increased, while the long distance is reduced, and the cross-subsidy no longer exists!"

Li Zetian nodded, knowing why Dongfang Yuqin suggested that he buy mci company. Obviously, mci companies are facing more severe challenges at this moment, and need to introduce a lot of funds. In addition, in theory, after the split, the old customers of att can freely choose other operator services, but the lock-in effect and inertia make most customers continue to choose att.

However, although Dongfang Yuqin's suggestion is good, Li Zetian still has to think about it carefully. With the popularity of IP telephony and broadband, people replace long-distance calls by email, text messages and wireless. Moreover, the competition in the long-distance call market is extremely fierce, and the long-distance business of att is difficult to shake!

The reason why Li Zetian wants to acquire the telecommunications industry is to become a monopoly giant of Internet service providers, winning at the starting point. For example, when a user dials up the Internet, a pop-up window recommends his own website or software, etc., and he can easily get a huge amount of money. User.

Therefore, Li Zetian pays more attention to telecommunications companies that operate local local telephone services. Acquiring these companies is not only to strengthen their own strength, but also to curb the expansion of competitors. If Li Zetian does not acquire these companies, then they will lease the cables to other companies.

Li Zetian hesitated for a week before making a decision. The market value of mci company is not low. This acquisition is very important. Li Zetian is thinking about whether it is worth it.

At this time, Li Zetian saw a news on TV, which said that ueleunis announced that it would establish the first nationwide digital optical fiber network communication plan, which was completed in 1987.

"Which company is Ueleunis in the future, and it has plans for a digital optical fiber network?!" Li Zetian was very surprised. However, when he saw the sprint product trademark, he knew that the company was sprint, one of the three major U.S. telecommunications giants in the future. It is estimated that it has not changed its name yet.

As far as Li Zetian knows, sprint has always been praised by all parties for the development, engineering and promotion of cutting-edge network technologies of the times, and also plays a very important role in the development of the Internet. Its tier-1 IP network is the backbone of i an important part of the network.

"Instead of acquiring mci, it is better to acquire sprint." Li Zetian said, and immediately went to the study to find out the information of sprint. After reading it, Li Zetian found that sprint is a local telephone company with hundreds of telephone lines. One step ahead in the development of network technology, and therefore the first nationwide digital fiber optic network plan. Obviously, sprint also intends to enter the long-distance business. Sprint management may not know that the rise of the Internet will be an unexpected explosive growth market, and they are now preparing to build a nationwide digital fiber optic network that will bring huge profits to sprint!

"Sprint has a strong network technology reserve, and it has both local business and a nationwide optical fiber network. Obviously, this is the best acquisition target!" Li Zetian said with a smile, then walked to the wine cabinet and took out a bottle Red wine, enjoy the wine in a happy mood.

After a while, Dongfang Yuqin came to the study, Li Zetian said to her with a smile, "I have decided to buy ueleunis company!"

Dongfang Yuqin was stunned. In her opinion, a company like mci that dared to challenge att and finally won, has huge development potential.

Li Zetian patted her shoulder with a smile and said, "You can rest assured, my investment vision is not wrong! Of course, your vision is also good, mci company is also a company with great development potential, but ueleunis company is just right There is the technology and the market I need!"

"Oh~" Dongfang Yuqin replied softly, and lowered her head, her face turned slightly red. Because she had a disease of hating men before, she seldom had physical contact with men. The temperature of Li Zetian's palm on her shoulder seemed to make her feel an electric shock.

"mr·li, then I'll go and give your order now..." Dongfang Yuqin hurriedly "run away".

"Well, let's go!" Li Zetian responded immediately, and at this time he also reacted, Dongfang Yuqin is untouchable...