AT&T Targets Labor, Wireline Footprint in New Cost-Cutting Effort | Light Reading

AT&T Targets Labor, Wireline Footprint in New Cost-Cutting Effort | Light Reading: Wireline reductions
As for other cost-cutting efforts, Stankey said AT&T would also look into its wireline operations with an eye toward "product rationalization" and "geographic and footprint rationalization."

"There's a huge opportunity for us to look at our wireline business and how our customers are laid out, and start thinking about what we do to take out layers of cost -- based on the geography we serve and the products that we support -- that maybe have run their course in a fairly mature business," he said, but didn't elaborate further.

AT&T has a very conservative stance on building out fiber to serve residential customers. It's about to get even more so, signalling a likely full and final retreat from the residential market.