AT&T Completes Divestiture of Wayport Holdings A/S to Hospitality Services Plus SA

AT&T will retain former Wayport Assets in the U.S.



DALLAS, Friday, July 23rd 2010 [ME NewsWire]:

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- AT&T* announced today that it has completed its divestiture of Wayport Holdings A/S, the European subsidiary of Wayport, Inc., to Hospitality Services Plus SA, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Swisscom.


AT&T continues to own and operate the former Wayport assets in the United States. These assets are part of AT&T’s nationwide Wi-Fi network.


Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.


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