BellSouth

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BellSouth was a major American telecommunications company, formerly one of the regional "Baby Bells" created after the breakup of AT&T, providing telephone and related services across the southeastern United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baby Bell
defunct company
telecommunications company
acquisitionAnnouncedOn 2006-03-05
acquisitionCompletedOn 2006-12-29
coOwned Cingular Wireless
linked to: AT&T
coOwnedWith SBC Communications
country United States
foundedOn 1983-01-01
hadSubsidiary BellSouth Telecommunications
linked to: BellSouth

Cingular Wireless
linked to: AT&T
headquartersLocation Atlanta, Georgia
linked to: Atlanta
industry telecommunications
isOneOf Regional Bell Operating Companies
logoUsedUntil 2006
mergedInto AT&T Inc.
linked to: AT&T
operatedBrand BellSouth Mobility
linked to: BellSouth

BellSouth.net
linked to: BellSouth
originatedAs Regional Bell Operating Company for the Southeast
originatedFrom breakup of AT&T
parentCompany AT&T Inc.
linked to: AT&T
predecessor South Central Bell
linked to: BellSouth

Southern Bell
providedService directory publishing
internet services
local telephone service
long-distance telephone service
wireless services
regionServed Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
parts of Texas
regulatedBy Federal Communications Commission
serviceArea southeastern United States
status dissolved as independent company
stockExchangeListing New York Stock Exchange
successor AT&T Mobility
linked to: AT&T

AT&T Southeast
linked to: AT&T
telephoneAreaFocus access services
local exchange service
tickerSymbol BLS
wasAcquiredBy AT&T Inc.
linked to: AT&T

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Bell System successor BellSouth
BellSouth hadSubsidiary BellSouth Telecommunications
linked to: BellSouth
BellSouth predecessor South Central Bell
linked to: BellSouth
BellSouth operatedBrand BellSouth Mobility
linked to: BellSouth
BellSouth operatedBrand BellSouth.net
linked to: BellSouth
AT&T acquired BellSouth
GTE Florida distinguishedFrom BellSouth Telecommunications
linked to: BellSouth
BLS refersTo BellSouth Corporation
linked to: BellSouth
AT&T Inc. acquired BellSouth Corporation
subject linked to: BLS
linked to: BellSouth
SBC Communications collaboratedWith BellSouth (in Cingular Wireless)
linked to: BellSouth
Baby Bells hasPart BellSouth