regional Bell operating companies

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

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:telecommunications_company
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:RBOCs
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:created	1984
gptkbp:createdBy	gptkb:United_States_Department_of_Justice
gptkbp:descendantCompany	gptkb:AT&T_Inc. gptkb:Verizon_Communications gptkb:CenturyLink gptkb:Lumen_Technologies
gptkbp:headquartersLocation	various US cities
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	regional Bell operating companies
gptkbp:impact	deregulation of US telecom industry
gptkbp:industry	telecommunications
gptkbp:legalBasis	gptkb:Modification_of_Final_Judgment
gptkbp:mergedInto	Ameritech and SBC Bell Atlantic and GTE (Verizon) NYNEX and Bell Atlantic Pacific Telesis and SBC Qwest and CenturyLink SBC Communications and AT&T SBC and BellSouth US West and Qwest
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Telecommunications_Act_of_1996 brand changes and rebranding competition with cable companies consolidation into fewer companies entry into long-distance market expansion into wireless services introduction of DSL services introduction of fiber optic services sale of some assets to other telecoms
gptkbp:numberOfOriginalCompanies	7
gptkbp:originalCompany	gptkb:BellSouth gptkb:NYNEX gptkb:US_West gptkb:Bell_Atlantic gptkb:Southwestern_Bell gptkb:Ameritech gptkb:Pacific_Telesis
gptkbp:originatedIn	gptkb:AT&T_divestiture
gptkbp:parentCompanyBefore1984	gptkb:AT&T
gptkbp:purpose	local telephone service
gptkbp:regulates	gptkb:Federal_Communications_Commission
gptkbp:serviceType	broadband landline telephone wireless (in some cases)
gptkbp:sometimesCalled	gptkb:Baby_Bells
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Bell_System
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5