AT&T Inc. gets a mega networking order from General Motors

AT&T Inc. has said in a statement that they would now be providing global networking services to General Motors Corp.

This contract is worth nearly $1 billion and would last around a period of five years.

This new pact would expand upon an existing deal between the two companies. This is also one of the largest commercial contracts in AT&T’s history.

The company would also be now managing GM’s global information technology (IT) systems in addition to overseeing the automaker’s various IT suppliers around the world to ensure their various systems work together.

Ron Spears, executive vice president, global business sales added in a statement on this deal: “It brings simplicity to the overall model and it allows GM to design, engineer and ship cars from anywhere in the world.”