BNET Industries
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
Peer Companies
NAICS Code : 517310
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Yahoo Joins SBC Communications to Sell High-Speed Internet Services.
By Mary Anne Ostrom, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Mary Anne Ostrom, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
SBC Communications Decelerates High-Speed Internet Expansion.
By Jerri Stroud, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Jerri Stroud, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
SBC Communications to Reveal High-Speed Internet Plan.
By Vikas Bajaj, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Vikas Bajaj, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
SBC Communications Expands High-Speed Internet in Little Rock, Ark., Area.
By Jeffrey Tomich, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Little Rock Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Jeffrey Tomich, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Little Rock Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
SBC Communications Still Struggles with High-Speed Internet Service.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Aug. 9--In its race to become a kingpin of high-speed Internet access, SBC Communications Inc. has stumbled over logistical and personnel hurdles this year, alienating some of its business partners. Aug. 9--In its race to become a kingpin of high-speed Internet access, SBC Communications...
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