AT&T divestiture

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Bell_System_divestiture
gptkbp:category gptkb:Antitrust_law
1984 in law
History of telecommunications
United States legal history
gptkbp:courtCase gptkb:United_States_v._AT&T
gptkbp:date January 1, 1984
gptkbp:effect AT&T lost local telephone service
AT&T retained Bell Labs
AT&T retained long-distance services
AT&T retained manufacturing (Western Electric)
deregulation of telecommunications industry
increased competition in telecommunications
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 AT&T divestiture
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Telecommunications_Act_of_1996
telecommunications policy in the United States
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:AT&T
gptkb:Bell_System
gptkbp:legalBasis gptkb:Modification_of_Final_Judgment
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:mandate gptkb:United_States_Department_of_Justice
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Charles_L._Brown
gptkb:Judge_Harold_H._Greene
gptkb:William_F._Baxter
gptkbp:precededBy antitrust lawsuit against AT&T
gptkbp:purpose antitrust enforcement
gptkbp:resultedIn breakup of Bell System
creation of Regional Bell Operating Companies
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:AT&T_Long_Lines
gptkb:Regional_Bell_Operating_Companies
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5