The largest telecom operator in the United States begins to accept payment of bills with cryptocurrency American transnational telecommunications conglomerate AT & amp; T, which is also the world's largest telecommunications company and one of the largest media conglomerates, on Thursday announced the start of accepting payment of bills with cryptocurrency.

The largest telecom operator in the United States begins to accept payment of bills with cryptocurrency

American multinational telecommunications conglomerate AT&T, also the world's largest telecommunications company and one of the largest media conglomerates, announced on Thursday that it would begin accepting crypto bills..

According to the press release, the BitPay processing service will help him with this. AT&T claims that along with today's step he became the first by a mobile operator in the United States, offering its customers digital currencies as a payment option.

"We always strive to improve and expand our services," said AT&T Kevin McDorman. - Among our clients there are those who use cryptocurrency. We are pleased to offer them the option to pay their bills with the method they consider to be their preferred method. ".

As AT explains&T, customers will be able to choose BitPay as their payment option when they log into their accounts via the company's website or mobile app..

Possibility to pay for other AT services&T cryptocurrencies, for example, the purchase of mobile phones and other devices, is not provided at the current stage.

In the middle of last year AT&T became a defendant in a lawsuit to hack a cryptocurrency wallet of one of the clients who lost 24 million due to the operator's negligence.

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