AT&T最近采取的两个行动可望加强美国运营商作为全球网络业务提供者的地位。第一个行动是AT＆T宣布,它将把在欧洲的网络业务与归属荷兰、西班牙、瑞典和瑞士电信部门管理的Unisource N.V.公司(荷兰Hoofddrop公司)所经营的网络合并在一起。第二个行动是,AT&T已得到一张在英国作为公共运营商经营的许可证,使其与全球竞争对手英国电信专用线路运营公司(伦敦的英国电信公司)直接进行竞争。这笔与Unisource的新交易将包括开办一个联合 Two recent AT & T moves are expected to strengthen US carriers’ position as a global network service provider. The first was AT & T’s announcement that it would combine its network operations in Europe with a network run by Unisource N.V. (Hoofddrop, the Netherlands) managed by the telecoms division of the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. The second action was that AT & T had obtained a license to operate as a public carrier in the United Kingdom, competing directly with global rival BT Telecom, a British telecommunications company in London. This new deal with Unisource will include the opening of a coalition