- July 22, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
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AT&T bought DirecTV’s entire satellite operations in 2015 for about $49 billion, or $66 billion including acquired debt.
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AT&T Inc.
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said it agreed to sell its Vrio satellite business in Latin America to Argentina’s Grupo Werthein, continuing the Dallas telecom giant’s move away from the television business.
The sale covers 10.3 million subscribers across 11 countries in the Western Hemisphere, including Argentina, Chile and Colombia, inherited from AT&T’s purchase of DirecTV. The wireless carrier said the sale will trigger a $4.6 billion accounting charge, which includes $2.1 billion tied to “accumulated foreign currency translation…
