1984 Bell System divestiture

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1984_Bell_System_divestiture
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:AT&T_breakup
gptkbp:date January 1, 1984
gptkbp:followedBy telecommunications industry deregulation
gptkbp:foundedYear gptkb:BellSouth
gptkb:NYNEX
gptkb:US_West
gptkb:Bell_Atlantic
gptkb:Southwestern_Bell
gptkb:Ameritech
gptkb:Pacific_Telesis
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1984 Bell System divestiture
gptkbp:legalBasis gptkb:Modification_of_Final_Judgment
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notableCompany gptkb:AT&T
gptkb:Bell_System
gptkbp:order gptkb:United_States_District_Court_for_the_District_of_Columbia
gptkbp:precededBy Bell System monopoly
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Telecommunications_Act_of_1996
history of AT&T
gptkbp:resultedIn gptkb:United_States_v._AT&T_antitrust_lawsuit
breakup of Bell System
AT&T becoming a long-distance company
creation of Regional Bell Operating Companies
gptkbp:significance major restructuring of US telecommunications industry
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:American_Telephone_&_Telegraph_Company
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4