AT&T said the 300 jobs primarily technicians and retail support, target U-verse
AT&T said it plans to hire nearly 300 people in Missouri and Kansas as part of its ongoing investment in the two states. The jobs are said to primarily be technicians and retail support positions.
AT&T said more than half of the available positions are in the Kansas City metro area, with a majority of those jobs linked to installation and service technicians for the telecom giant’s U-verse digital TV, high-speed Internet and voice services. The jobs also reportedly include
More specifics on the positions available in Kansas are available here, and the Missouri positions here. AT&T said it currently employs nearly 12,000 people across the two states, having last year hired nearly 1,100 people in Missouri and more than 300 people in the Kansas City area.
AT&T last year completed its $48.5 billion acquisition of DirecTV, which offers satellite-based communications. Those assets were eventually merged with AT&T’s U-verse services under the company’s Entertainment & Internet Services business headed by John Stankey.
AT&T earlier this week announced an offer for its AT&T Mobility division of unlimited data for smartphone customers that also choose to sign up for either DirecTV or U-verse services. AT&T said beginning Jan. 12, new and existing AT&T Mobility customers who have or add either one of the two television services can move to the carrier’s Unlimited Plan priced at $100 per month for the first line of service. Second and third lines of service can be added for $40 per month, with the fourth line eligible for free. AT&T Mobility is touting the offer allows unlimited services across four lines for $180 per month once the fourth line discount kicks in.
The rate plans include unlimited calling, text messaging and data access, with AT&T linking the unlimited data aspect to customers being able to access unlimited video services from either one of its television platforms. The additional lines can include tablets or smartphones for the $40 per month access fee, basic/messaging phones for $25 per month, or smartwatches and other “select” connected devices priced at $10 per month.
AT&T is continuing to offer financial incentives for new and current DirecTV and U-verse customers to also sign up for the carrier’s mobile service, providing $500 in credits for each mobile line of service switched to AT&T Mobility. The offer does require new mobile customers to trade in their current mobile device and purchasing a new AT&T Mobility smartphone using the carrier’s Next device financing option.
Similar to rivals, AT&T Mobility has set a soft cap on the unlimited data aspect of the service, noting once an unlimited data customer reaches 22 gigabytes of data use in a month, the carrier may slowdown access speeds during “periods of network congestion.” Sprint and T-Mobile US both say they may limit data speeds for unlimited data customers once they reach 23 GB of usage in a month.
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