Southwestern Bell

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Southwestern Bell was a major regional telephone company in the United States that later became part of AT&T through mergers and rebranding.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bell Operating Company
regional telephone company
subsidiary
brandOf SBC Communications
brandRegion southwestern United States
surface form: Southwest U.S.
corporateLineage AT&T
surface form: AT&T Corp.
country United States of America
surface form: United States
foundedAs Southwestern Bell self-linksurface differs
surface form: Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
hasAbbreviation SWB
SWBT
hasService directory assistance
landline telephone
payphone service
headquartersLocation St. Louis, Missouri, United States
surface form: St. Louis, Missouri
historicalConnection American Telephone and Telegraph Company
historicalStatus defunct as independent brand
industry telecommunications
laterKnownAs AT&T
surface form: AT&T Inc.

SBC Communications
mergedInto SBC Communications
networkType Public Switched Telephone Network
operatedIn Arkansas
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
originatedFrom Bell System
ownedBy AT&T
surface form: AT&T Inc.

SBC Communications
parentCompany AT&T
surface form: AT&T Inc.
partOf Baby Bells
Regional Bell Operating Companies
predecessor Southwestern Bell self-linksurface differs
surface form: Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
providedServiceTo business customers
residential customers
regulator Federal Communications Commission
resultOf divestiture of AT&T
serviceType business telecommunications services
local telephone service
long-distance telephone service
successor SBC Communications
surface form: SBC Communications Inc.
telephoneArea southwestern United States
surface form: Southwestern United States
telephoneNumberingPlan North American Numbering Plan
typeOfCompany public utility

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Cotton Bowl Classic formerSponsor Southwestern Bell
Cotton Bowl Classic formerSponsor Southwestern Bell
this entity surface form: SBC Communications
Bell System successor Southwestern Bell
this entity surface form: Southwestern Bell Corporation
Southwestern Bell predecessor Southwestern Bell self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Southwestern Bell foundedAs Southwestern Bell self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
NYSE:T issuerFormerName Southwestern Bell
this entity surface form: Southwestern Bell Corporation
Regional Bell Operating Companies member Southwestern Bell
this entity surface form: Southwestern Bell Corporation
Bell Operating Companies originalHoldingCompany Southwestern Bell
this entity surface form: Southwestern Bell Corporation
SBC Communications formerName Southwestern Bell
this entity surface form: Southwestern Bell Corporation
SBC Communications foundedBy Southwestern Bell
this entity surface form: Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Baby Bells hasPart Southwestern Bell
this entity surface form: Southwestern Bell Corporation
SWBT abbreviationOf Southwestern Bell
this entity surface form: Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
SWBT formerName Southwestern Bell
subject surface form: Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
this entity surface form: Southwestern Bell Corporation
SWBT parentAfterDivestiture Southwestern Bell
subject surface form: Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
this entity surface form: Southwestern Bell Corporation
SWBT alsoKnownAs Southwestern Bell
SWB fullName Southwestern Bell
SWB predecessor Southwestern Bell
this entity surface form: Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
SWB isAbbreviationOf Southwestern Bell
SWB ownedBrand Southwestern Bell
this entity surface form: Southwestern Bell Telephone