M&A Deal Summary

AT&T Acquires Dobson Communications

On June 29, 2007, AT&T acquired communications company Dobson Communications for 2.8B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is AT&T’s 10th transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is AT&T’s 5th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is AT&T’s 13th transaction in the United States.
  • This is AT&T’s 1st transaction in Oklahoma.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2007-06-29
Target Dobson Communications
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) AT&T
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 2.8B USD

Target

Dobson Communications

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Dobson Communications Corp. is a communications provider in rural and suburban areas of Alaska, Arizona, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

AT&T

Dallas, Texas, United States
Category Company
Founded 1983
Sector Communications
Employees148,290
Revenue 122.4B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
AT&T's corporate headquarters in downtown Dallas, Texas.
AT&T's corporate headquarters in downtown Dallas, Texas.

AT&T is a provider of telecommunications services in the United States and the world. AT&T offers services and products to consumers in the US and services and products to businesses and other providers of telecommunications services worldwide. AT&T's services and products include wireless communications, local exchange services, long-distance services, data/broadband and Internet services, video services, telecommunications equipment, managed networking, and wholesale services. AT&T was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 14 of 37
Sector (Communications) 10 of 19
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 12 of 30
State (Oklahoma) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 13 of 32
Year (2007) 1 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 5 of 16
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-12-29 BellSouth

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

BellSouth Corp. is an american telecommunication services.

Buy $89M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-11-02 Interwise

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Interwise, Inc., develops and sells software for real time video, audio and data communication via the internet. The US-Israeli company focuses on web conferencing and the live e-learning market. The company originated in Israel, but is headquartered in the USA. Interwise is active in countries like the United Kingdom, France, Japan, China and Australia, and has offices in six countries.

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