Mayor Rahm Emanuel and AT&T Illinois President Paul La Schiazza on Tuesday announced AT&T’s plan to bring about 500 jobs to Chicago. This number adds to AT&T’s current Chicago workforce of more than 3,900 employees.  AT&T is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet, voice and cloud-based services.  AT&T announced it invested nearly $625 million in its Illinois wired and wireless networks in the first half of 2013.

The plan would bring about 500 AT&T jobs to the company’s 225 West Randolph Street location in Chicago.  That building is a Founding Participant of Retrofit Chicago’s Commercial Buildings Initiative launched by Mayor Emanuel in 2012 that promotes decreasing energy use and increasing efficiency.  Job transition numbers are based on current estimates.  As AT&T evaluates all options, the final transition numbers are subject to change.