BellSouth Telecommunications
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BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC was an operating company of AT&T that served the southeastern United States. It consisted of the operations of Southern Bell and South Central Bell.
BellSouth Telecommunications was a subsidiary of BellSouth Corporation which was acquired by AT&T Inc. on December 29, 2006.
History
BellSouth Telecommunications was formed in 1983 as SBT&T Co.. Incorporated in Georgia in 1983,[1] it replaced the original Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company that was incorporated in New York in 1879. SBT&T Co. and Southern Bell merged on December 31, 1983, and the merged company took the Southern Bell name.
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Acquisition
On March 5, 2006,
the original AT&T) announced its intentions to acquire BellSouth Corporation, and on December 29, 2006, BellSouth Telecommunications became an operating company of AT&T[2] The merger also consolidated the ownership of Cingular Wireless, which became AT&T Mobility
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See also
- American Telephone and Telegraph Company
- AT&T
- Bell System Divestiture
- BellSouth Corporation
- South Central Bell
- Southern Bell
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