English Study - AT&T laps up Lumen’s consumer fiber biz for $5.75B 1

# My Thoughts - lap something up - ~을 덥석(선뜻) 받아들이다 - take on - 떠맡다; 고용하다; 태우다; 떠들어대다, 흥분하다; 인기를 얻다; …와 대전(대결)하다. - FTTH (Fiber to the Home) #### Why? (목적 - 왜 기록하는가?) - 영어 스터디 진행 상황을 트래킹 #### How? (방법 - 어떻게 활용할까?) - 학습 인증을 통해 지속적인 추진력을 얻는다. #### What? (결과 - 무엇을 창조할까?) - 눈에 띄는 표현을 외우고 활용한다. # Summary - Speak aloud - 09:27 ## Highlights - AT&T announced plans to acquire Lumen Technologies’ consumer fiber assets, ending months of speculation on plans by the telecom giant to expand its fiber portfolio and by Lumen in exiting its consumer fiber business. - The deal calls for AT&T to pay $5.75 billion for all of Lumen’s Mass Markets fiber business. This includes a network spanning more than 4 million locations across 11 states and serving approximately 1 million customers. AT&T will not be ==taking on== Lumen’s enterprise fiber business or its copper-based consumer business. - The Lumen deal continues AT&T’s own organic fiber expansion and fiber partnerships like its [Gigapower joint venture](https://www.sdxcentral.com/analysis/att-bags-blackrock-for-gigapower-fiber-jv/) with venture capital firm BlackRock. Those moves are keeping AT&T ahead of telecom rivals Verizon and T-Mobile US, both of which are also pressing further into the fiber space. - Stansbury during an investor event earlier this year frankly explained that Lumen did not “have a right to win” in the consumer FTTH space. ## Words and Idioms - lap something up 1. ~을 덥석(선뜻) 받아들이다 2. (기분 좋게) ~을 다 마시다 3. to accept or receive something with great pleasure, without thinking about whether it is good, true or sincere 4. to drink all of something and to enjoy doing so - take on 떠맡다; 고용하다; 태우다; 떠들어대다, 흥분하다; 인기를 얻다; …와 대전(대결)하다. (=undertake, assume; employ, hire; carry on board; become excited; become popular; (auto) - FTTH (Fiber to the Home) # References [AT&T laps up Lumen’s consumer fiber biz for $5.75B - SDx](https://www.sdxcentral.com/news/att-laps-up-lumens-consumer-fiber-biz-for-575b/?mkt_tok=NjY1LUtYWS02OTcAAAGarIMK0uAUxaRWLTGhhUNEHXmlm6bzd49wWTyW_Ha3WcCaXaNNqdVPeH_HAoRGl1v-37JkIw4xz9LPEESnsyYkoTECaSbl9hO2uwDO7grFnETo4s1u) # Links [[_MOC_2_English]] # Tags #english #study #att #internet #isp # Aliases #영어 #공부 #인터넷 #인수