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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$43.8B
- Private
- US
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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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Verizon designs data 'gusher'.(Verizon Communications Inc.fiber-to-the-premise plans)(Column)
- 2005-11-28
The last two translations examined theoretical maximums for downstream broadband speeds--first for cable, then for telcos. Because the telcos are taking radically different approaches, we examined SBC Communications Inc. first, which favors augment The last two translations examined theoretical maximums for downstream broadband...
SBC hits a pothole in California.(SBC Communications Inc.'s Project Lightspeed infrastructure)
- 2005-10-31
At least in the short term, SBC Communications Inc.'s Project Lightspeed infrastructure improvements have been stalled in the city of Walnut Creek, Calif. City officials there have refused permits needed by the telephone company to place infr At...
FCC to tackle franchising: agency to address issue at upcoming meeting.(Federal Communications Commission, SBC Communications Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. competition for video on demand service)
- 2005-10-24
WASHINGTON -- Cable's political war with local phone giants, so far played out at the state and local levels, could be moving to higher ground: the Federal Communications Commission. According to two high-ranking FCC officials, commission chai WASHINGTON --...
Draft legislation would ease franchising: net neutrality also in House proposal.
- 2005-09-19
Washington -- Within a few days of filing some paperwork and putting up a bond, phone companies would be able to waltz into cable markets and offer video programming with minimal local interference, according to House draft legislation circulated last week. In...
Draft Legislation Would Ease Franchising (Multichannel News)
- 2005-09-19
Net Neutrality Also in House Proposal Washington-- Within a few days of filing some paperwork and putting up a bond, phone companies would be able to waltz into cable markets and offer video programming with minimal local interference, according to House draft legislation circulated last...
Connecticut taking a closer look: Regulators seek info on SBC, Verizon plans for video services.(SBC Communications Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Connecticut. Department of Public Utility Control)
- 2005-09-05
In what could be a groundbreaking move, utility regulators in Connecticut are attempting to determine if they have the authority to regulate SBC Communications Inc.'s planned Internet-delivered video service. "No one else is doing this i In what...
Telcos' persistence overcomes resistance: the bells again vie for video--and this time, they mean business.
- 2005-08-30
This time the telcos mean it. Years ago, phone company leaders promised to invade cable markets with the latest in pay-video technology. Some did, rolling out hybrid fiber coaxial and wireless networks here and there. But those efforts were tentative at best and ultimately collapsed. ...
Divergence rises as new buzzword: cable advances on new means to distribute video service.
- 2005-08-30
As the millennium dawned, the buzz was all about convergence. Companies merged and products were packaged into bundles, offering consumers more products that operators hoped they would buy from a single provider. But as telecom experts look o ...
SBC orders S-A, moto boxes: cable's set-top leaders factor into Telco's IP-video plans.(SBC Communications Inc. contracts with Scientific-Atlanta Inc.)
- 2005-08-22
SBC Communications Inc. last week awarded Internet-protocol TV set-top contracts to Scientific-Atlanta Inc. and Motorola Inc. for its video rollout, slated for later this year. No financial terms of set-top shipment orders were released for the con SBC Communications Inc. last week awarded Internet-protocol...
Comcast, SBC set for battle; Cable giant rolling out phone service; SBC prepares counterattack.(Comcast Corp)(SBC Communications Inc)
- 2005-08-22
Byline: JULIE JOHNSSON Let the phone wars begin. Over the next nine months, Illinois should see intense local telephone competition as Comcast Corp. introduces digital voice service to the region. The long-awaited battle pits Comcast, Chicago Byline: JULIE...
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