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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$43.8B
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Currently AT&T, Inc., formed in 2005 by SBC Communications' purchase of its former parent company, AT&T Corp. As a part of the merger, SBC shed its name and took on the iconic AT&T moniker and the ?T? stock-trading symbol. Despite that the corporation is considered SBC renamed, most of its major subsidiaries were part of AT&T prior to 1984, including the Bell Operating Companies and the long distance division. SBC Communications Inc. was a Fortune 50 company whose subsidiaries, operating under the SBC brand, provided a full range of voice, data, networking, e-business, directory publishing and advertising, and related services to businesses, consumers and other telecommunications providers. SBC held a 60 percent ownership interest in Cingular Wireless, which served more than 50 million wireless customers. SBC companies provided high-speed DSL Internet access lines to more American consumers than any other provider and were among the nation's leading providers of Internet services. SBC companies also offered satellite TV service.
Number of Employees 189,000
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NAICS Code : 517310
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SBC Communications, EchoStar Reach New Strategic Pact; Agreement Provides Strong Motivation to Drive Co-Branded Subscriber Growth
- 2005-09-20
SAN ANTONIO & ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- SBC Communications Inc. (NYSE: SBC) and EchoStar Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) today announced an extension to their strategic agreement to continue marketing the co-branded SBC / DISH Network satellite television services. The extension builds on a July 2003 agreement that created the co-branded satellite...
SBC Communications Announces Agreement with the University of Arkansas; SBC Companies Help Deliver Reliable Internet Access on Campus Via Wireless Data Network
- 2005-03-24
SAN ANTONIO -- SBC Communications Inc. (NYSE: SBC) today announced an agreement with the University of Arkansas to provide a Wireless Mesh Network solution from Nortel for an on-campus private wireless network.
SBC adds 3,300 hot spots with roaming agreements.(Late News)
- 2005-03-07
SBC Communications Inc. reported Wi-Fi roaming agreements with Airpath Wireless and Boingo Wireless that will add 3,300 nationwide and international hot-spot locations to SBC's FreedomLink service and open the company's network to Boingo's Platform SBC Communications Inc. reported Wi-Fi roaming agreements with Airpath...
Sprint, SBC sign Wi-Fi roaming pact.(Late News)
- 2004-08-30
Sprint Corp. and SBC Communications Inc. announced they have entered a reciprocal Wi-Fi roaming agreement. Through the partnerships, the carriers' customers will be able to access each other's public Wi-Fi networks using existing user IDs and passw Sprint Corp. and SBC Communications Inc. announced...
SBC Seeking to Maintain Secrecy in Network Access Lease Deals.
- 2004-05-05
By Sanford Nowlin, San Antonio Express-News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 5--San Antonio-based SBC Communications Inc. has asked the Federal Communications Commission to let it withhold certain details of contracts it signs with competitors that lease access its phone networks. ...
SBC Communications Moves To Clear State Regulatory Impediments To Additional Commercial Wholesale Agreements
- 2004-05-04
Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN ANTONIO--BUSINESS WIRE--May 4, 2004 Company files amendments to Sage interconnection agreements with states, asks FCC to exempt negotiated commercial deals from state filing and approval requirements SBC Communications Inc. (NYSE:SBC) today will begin filing with state regulators amendments to interconnection agreements...
SBC Alleged To Be Violating Act's Interconnection Provisions
- 2004-04-28
Despite strong urging from the California Public Utilities Commission CPUC, SBC Communications continues to protect the secrecy of the interconnection agreement it struck nearly three weeks ago with a competitor, Sage Telecom, for access to the Bell company's local telephone network. And while it remains unclear why SBC insists on...
Pac-West, Verizon Announce Interconnection Agreement in California.
- 2003-06-05
By Reed Fujii, The Record, Stockton, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 5--Pac-West Telecomm Inc., which caters to Internet service providers and business customers in the western United States, announced it has a new interconnection agreement with Verizon Communications in California. ...
Netopia announces ADSL gateway agreement with SBC. (Business).
- 2002-12-01
Netopia Inc., a market leader in broadband gateways and service delivery software, announced an agreement with SBC Communications Inc. to offer the recently released Cayman 3546 business class broadband ADSL gateway as a solution for small and medium Netopia Inc., a market leader in broadband gateways...
SpectraSite ends BTS contract with Cingular. (Business).
- 2002-05-20
CARY N.C.--SpectraSite Holdings Inc. is terminating its build-to-suit contract with Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and transferring its sublease agreements in 545 SBC Communications Inc. towers to Cingular, as well as modifying its agreement with SBC to CARY N.C.--SpectraSite Holdings Inc. is terminating its ...
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