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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Partner integration remains a priority in today's economy, Yankee Group study finds; As costs of integration technologies fall, study finds more businesses will increase focus on automating transactions; Study validates Sterling Commerce`s position that p
M2 PRESSWIRE-21 October 2002-STERLING COMMERCE: Partner integration remains a priority in today's economy, Yankee Group study finds; As costs of integration technologies fall, study finds more businesses will increase focus on automating transactions; Study validates Sterling Commerce`s position that partner integration is...
SBC Communications' Sterling Commerce Announces WebRequest Browser-Based Customer Service Application for Financial Institutions
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SBC Communications' Sterling Commerce Launches VECTOR:Reject Repair Application
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SBC Communications to acquire Sterling Commerce for 5.68 times revenue
The Deal: In an attempt to make a huge entrance into the electronic commerce business, SBC Communications has announced that it has agreed to purchase Sterling Commerce for nearly $3.6 billion in cash. According to the terms of the transaction, Sterling shareholders will receive $44.25 in cash for each of...
SBC Communications Commences Tender Offer For Sterling Commerce Common Stock
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Dallas Family Sells Two Major Businesses, Keeps Third.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Feb. 23--The sales came quickly, wrapping up a family business founded 19 years ago and raising the question: What will Dallas' Wyly family do now? Computer Associates announced its deal to buy Sterling Software for stock worth $4 billion on Valentine's Day. ...
Partner Integration Remains A Priority In Today's Economy, Yankee Group Study Finds
Businesses are continuing to increase budgets for integration projects as technologies that integrate customers, service providers, and suppliers gain importance in the corporate community, according to a new study by the Yankee Group (available to download online at www.sterlingcommerce.com).The Yankee Group also found that deploying and operating technologies that manage...
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