Bell System Divestiture (1984)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:event
gptkbp:affectedIndustry	telecommunications
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:AT&T_breakup
gptkbp:date	January 1, 1984
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	Bell System Divestiture (1984)
gptkbp:impact	increased competition in telecommunications deregulation of telephone services innovation in telecommunications
gptkbp:involvedIn	gptkb:AT&T gptkb:Bell_System gptkb:Regional_Bell_Operating_Companies
gptkbp:legalIssue	gptkb:United_States_v._AT&T
gptkbp:location	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:mandate	gptkb:Modification_of_Final_Judgment gptkb:United_States_Department_of_Justice
gptkbp:precededBy	antitrust lawsuit against AT&T
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Baby_Bells gptkb:AT&T_Corporation telecommunications regulation in the United States
gptkbp:resultedIn	breakup of Bell System AT&T becoming a long-distance company creation of Regional Bell Operating Companies end of AT&T monopoly separation of local and long-distance telephone service
gptkbp:significance	major restructuring of US telephone industry
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:AT&T_(Bell_System)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7