Regional Bell Operating Companies

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Regional_Bell_Operating_Companies

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:telecommunications_company
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Baby_Bells
gptkbp:category	telecommunications history American telephone companies companies established in 1984 defunct companies
gptkbp:countryOfOperation	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:formedBy	gptkb:AT&T_divestiture
gptkbp:formedIn	1984
gptkbp:headquartersLocation	various US cities
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	deregulation of US telecommunications
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Regional Bell Operating Companies
gptkbp:industry	telecommunications
gptkbp:mergedInto	gptkb:NYNEX_and_Bell_Atlantic_(1997) gptkb:Qwest_and_US_West_(2000) gptkb:SBC_and_AT&T_(2005) gptkb:SBC_and_Ameritech_(1999) gptkb:SBC_and_Pacific_Telesis_(1997) gptkb:SBC_and_Southern_New_England_Telephone_(1998) Bell Atlantic and GTE (to form Verizon, 2000)
gptkbp:numberOfOriginalCompanies	7
gptkbp:originalCompany	gptkb:BellSouth gptkb:NYNEX gptkb:US_West gptkb:Bell_Atlantic gptkb:Southwestern_Bell gptkb:Ameritech gptkb:Pacific_Telesis
gptkbp:parentCompanyBeforeDivestiture	gptkb:AT&T
gptkbp:regulates	gptkb:Federal_Communications_Commission gptkb:U.S._Department_of_Justice
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:Modification_of_Final_Judgment_(MFJ) gptkb:Telecommunications_Act_of_1996
gptkbp:resultedIn	consolidation into larger companies
gptkbp:service	data services internet services wireless services local telephone service long-distance telephone service (after deregulation)
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Qwest_Communications gptkb:AT&T_Inc. gptkb:Verizon_Communications gptkb:SBC_Communications CenturyLink (now Lumen Technologies) BellSouth (acquired by AT&T)
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:American_Telephone_&_Telegraph_Company
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4