Bell Operating Companies

GPTKB entity

Statements (44)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:telecommunications_company
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs BOCs
gptkbp:category Telecommunications companies of the United States
AT&T subsidiaries
defunct American telephone companies
gptkbp:composedOf gptkb:BellSouth
gptkb:NYNEX
gptkb:US_West
gptkb:Bell_Atlantic
gptkb:Southwestern_Bell
gptkb:Ameritech
gptkb:Cincinnati_Bell
gptkb:Pacific_Telesis
Southern New England Telephone (SNET)
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:createdBy gptkb:AT&T_divestiture
gptkbp:divested gptkb:AT&T
gptkbp:established 1984
gptkbp:headquartersLocation various U.S. cities
gptkbp:historicalSignificance transformed U.S. telecommunications industry
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bell Operating Companies
gptkbp:industry telecommunications
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:Verizon
gptkb:AT&T_Inc.
gptkb:CenturyLink
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Breakup_of_the_Bell_System
Baby Bells creation
Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) formation
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Bell_System
gptkbp:parentCompany gptkb:AT&T
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Bell_System
gptkbp:product gptkb:network_protocol
broadband services
local telephone service
long-distance service (after 1996)
gptkbp:regulates gptkb:Federal_Communications_Commission
state public utility commissions
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Modification_of_Final_Judgment
gptkb:Telecommunications_Act_of_1996
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Regional_Bell_Operating_Companies
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bell_System_divestiture
gptkb:AT&T_(Bell_System)
gptkb:Breakup_of_the_Bell_System
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7