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
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NAICS Code : 517310
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Mergers may vex regulators
As federal regulators weigh what, if any, conditions to impose on two mammoth phone company mergers, they face a vexing Rubik's cube of possibilities. Any requirements they attach to SBC Communications' acquisition of AT&T and Verizon's purchase of MCI could force some customers to do business with a telecom...
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)
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...
Regulators okay gradual end of network discounts for Bell telecoms' opponents.
By Sanford Nowlin, San Antonio Express-News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 16--Federal regulators Wednesday approved rules that would phase out discounts the four regional Bell phone companies must offer rivals that pay to use their networks. A divided Federal...
SBC gets free rein over apartment lines, U.S. regulators rule.
By Sanford Nowlin, San Antonio Express-News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 5--SBC Communications Inc. and other Bell phone companies may install fiber-optic networks for high-speed Internet access in apartment complexes without sharing them with competitors, U.S. regulators ruled Wednesday. ...
Bush Administration Won't Appeal Telecommunications Rules.
By Vikas Bajaj, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 10--In a big victory for the nation's four local-phone giants, the Bush administration said Wednesday that it won't ask the Supreme Court to restore requirements that the companies rent their...
SBC Seeking to Maintain Secrecy in Network Access Lease Deals.
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. ...
Telephone Firms Work to Negotiate Wholesale Rates in 45 Days.
By Vikas Bajaj, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 20--What they couldn't agree on in eight years, telephone companies are now trying to settle in 45 days. The former telephone monopolies and their rivals have an opening to...
Regulators Rule Home, Business Phone Numbers Can Move to Wireless Providers.
By Kris Hudson, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 11--Qwest, SBC Communications and other local phone companies must let customers move their home and business phone numbers to wireless service providers after Nov. 24, federal regulators ruled Monday. ...
SBC gets OK for long-distance service Decision will give consumers more options.(Business)
Byline: S. A. Mawhorr Daily Herald Business Writer Consumers will have more choices for long-distance phone service after SBC Communications got the green light from federal regulators Wednesday to enter the long-distance market in four states, including Illinois. It's good news...
SBC long-distance is OK if wholesale rates hold.(Opinion)
SBC Communications Inc., the Texas-based telephone company that owns the local phone system in Illinois, appears all but certain to realize its long-held dream of entering the long-distance market here as soon as next month. Telecom regulators at the SBC Communications Inc., the Texas-based telephone company...
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