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• Ameritech Owner Announces Partnership with Atlanta-Based BellSouth.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)

  - 2000-04-05

  Apr. 6--Ameritech's wireless phone customers will become part of a new company with national reach, a broader range of services and more competitive pricing. Apr. 6--Ameritech's wireless phone customers will become part of a new company with national reach, a broader range of services...

  Tags: Ameritech, BellSouth Corp., partnership, wireless, wireless phone

• New Web Seminars Focus on Electronic Bonding with Ameritech, Bell Atlantic, BellSouth, Pacific Bell, Southwestern Bell

  - 1999-10-15

  BRIDGEWATER, N.J.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 15, 1999--

  Tags: Ameritech, BellSouth Corp., Southwestern Bell, Web

• Bellsouth Wins Pre-Paid Card Fight

  - 1999-04-01

  The FCC has rejected AT&T's [T] complaint that BellSouth [BLS] violated the 1996 Telecommunications Act by selling pre-paid phone cards that can be used for long distance. AT&T argued that BellSouth's deal with long-distance provider U.S. South Communications was similar to last year's deals between Ameritech [AIT], U S West...

  Tags: Ameritech, BellSouth Corp., FCC, Government, Qwest Communications Inc.

• Long-Distance May Not Be BOCs' Pot Of Gold

  - 1999-01-05

  The regional Bell operating companies BOC have fought hard to win entry to the long-distance business. You would think they were chasing the mythical pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. But even BOC executives wonder whether the pot contains something far less precious than gold. ...

  Tags: Ameritech, Bell Atlantic, BellSouth Corp., FCC, FINANCE, Government, revenue, SBC Communications Inc.

• Baby Bells dwindle as mergers continue

  - 1998-06-09

  When SHC Communications and Ameritech Corp. announced a proposed $62 billion merger last month, it became the third such announcement by a Baby Hell in two years. It also begged the question: Who's next? When AT&T broke up in 1983, seven Baby Bells were spun off. Today, as a result...

  Tags: acquisition, Ameritech, Baby Bell, BellSouth Corp., FINANCE, Investment, merger, NETWORKING, telecommunications, Telephony

• Baby Bells dwindle as mergers continue

  - 1998-06-09

  When SHC Communications and Ameritech Corp. announced a proposed $62 billion merger last month, it became the third such announcement by a Baby Hell in two years. It also begged the question: Who's next? When AT&T broke up in 1983, seven Baby Bells were spun off. Today, as a result...

  Tags: acquisition, Ameritech, Baby Bell, BellSouth Corp., FINANCE, Investment, merger, NETWORKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony

• Cellular carriers, CTIA ask FCC to delete rule pertaining to non-subscribers

  - 1996-09-16

  The commission asked for comments on three issues, including whether to require a carrier to process calls from phones without mobile identification numbers. CTIA, which together with three public safety organizations developed a consensus agreement that the FCC rules are based on, strongly opposed requiring carriers to process calls from...

  Tags: Ameritech, BellSouth Corp., carrier, commission, CTIA, FCC, phone, wireless

• Kaleidoscope signs Americast deal. (telephone company video partnership of Disney, Ameritech, BellSouth, SBC and GTE Corp.)(Brief Article)

  - 1996-07-15

  Kaleidoscope, the San Antonio-based cable network for people with disabilities, has signed a carriage agreement with Americast, telco video partnership of Disney, Ameritech, BellSouth, SBC and GTE Corp. The deal gives Kaleidoscope access to ... Kaleidoscope, the San Antonio-based cable network for people with disabilities,...

  Tags: Ameritech, BellSouth Corp., Disney Corp., partnership, phone, video

• AMERITECH AND BELLSOUTH DEPLOY VOICE CONTROL SYSTEMS' CELLULAR SPEECH RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY; Voice Activated Dialing Capabilities Make Cellular Phones Safer, Easier to Use While Driving

  - 1996-04-16

  DALLAS--BUSINESS WIRE--April 16, 1996--Voice Control Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:VCSI) today announced that its speech recognition technology implemented by Brite Voice Systems in Brite's VoiceSelectTM platform has been deployed by Ameritech Cellular Services and BellSouth Cellular Corp. These cellular service providers are using VCS's speech recognition to provide hands-free voice dialing...

  Tags: Ameritech, BellSouth Corp., cell phone, phone, speech recognition

• Bells close Disney video services deal: basic services to be delivered by year's end; interactive offerings delayed until late '96.

  - 1995-04-24

  Basic services to be delivered by year's end; interactive offerings delayed until late '96 Surprising no one, Disney has entered into an entertainment programing and distribution venture with three regional Bell operating companies to deliver lin Basic services to be delivered by...

  Tags: Ameritech, BellSouth Corp., cable, Disney Corp., network, phone, SBC Communications Inc., TV, video, video service