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2. Breakup of the Bell System - Wikipedia

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   The breakup of the Bell System resulted in the creation of seven independent companies that were formed from the original twenty-two AT&T-controlled members of the System. [5] On January 1, 1984, these companies were NYNEX, Pacific Telesis, Ameritech, Bell Atlantic, Southwestern Bell Corporation, BellSouth, and US West. NYNEX, merged with Bell ...

3. United States v. AT&T (1982) - Wikipedia

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   Laws applied. Sherman Antitrust Act. United States v. AT&T, 552 F.Supp. 131 (1982), was a ruling of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, [ 1 ] that led to the 1984 Bell System divestiture, and the breakup of the old AT&T natural monopoly into seven regional Bell operating companies and a much smaller new version of AT&T.

4. Bell System - Wikipedia

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   Of the various resulting 1984 spinoffs, only BellSouth actively used and promoted the Bell name and logo during its entire history, from the 1984 break-up to its reunion with the new AT&T in 2006. Similarly, cessation of using either the Bell name or logo occurred for many of the other companies more than a decade after the 1984 break-up as ...

5. Lawyer who helped break up AT&T says DOJ has '50%-plus ... - AOL

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   John DeButts, left, and Charles L. Brown, right, led AT&T during efforts by the federal government to break up their empire in the 1970s and early 1980s. (Getty Images) (Bettmann via Getty Images ...

6. The history of the American phone book - AOL

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   Thanks to the 1984 breakup of AT&T, consumers started receiving piles of phone books—upwards of 10 per address in California—from regional companies that all wanted their directories to be the ...

7. History of AT&T - Wikipedia

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   History of AT&T. The history of AT&T dates back to the invention of the telephone. The Bell Telephone Company was established in 1877 by Alexander Graham Bell, who obtained the first US patent for the telephone, and his father-in-law, Gardiner Greene Hubbard. Bell and Hubbard also established American Telephone and Telegraph Company in 1885 ...

8. The potential investor upside of a Google breakup — if John ...

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   The Justice Department sued AT&T in 1974, seeking a breakup of its phone service and phone equipment monopolies. It got most of what it wanted in 1984 following a 1982 ... Corbis via Getty Images)

9. Southwestern Bell - Wikipedia

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   Southwestern Bell logo, 1964–1969. On January 1, 1984, as part of the breakup of AT&T, Southwestern Bell Telephone became the namesake and leading subsidiary of the new Regional Bell Operating Company, Southwestern Bell Corporation.