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Southwestern Bell Telephone Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T. It does business as other d.b.a. names in its operating region, which includes Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, and portions of Illinois. The company is currently headquartered in Dallas, Texas at One AT&T Plaza . History.
Originally one of the seven regional holding companies formed after the breakup of American Telephone & Telegraph Corporation's (AT & T) Bell System in 1983, SBC Communications Inc. has emerged in the 1990s as a national provider of local telephone services.
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In 1984, the former AT&T agreed to divest its local telephone operations but retain its long distance, R&D and manufacturing arms. From this, SBC Communications Inc. (first known as Southwestern Bell Corp.) was born. Twelve years later, the Telecommunications Act of 1996 drove major changes in the competitive landscape.
The breakup of the Bell System resulted in the creation of seven independent companies that were formed from the original twenty-two AT&T-controlled members of the System. On January 1, 1984, these companies were NYNEX, Pacific Telesis, Ameritech, Bell Atlantic, Southwestern Bell Corporation, BellSouth, and US West.
Southwestern Bell Corporation (SBC) is one of the seven regional holding companies formed after the breakup of American Telephone & Telegraph Corporation ’ s (AT&T) Bell System in 1983.
Jan 31, 2005 · SBC, originally known as Southwestern Bell, began life as one of the regional companies formed after the U.S. Government forced the breakup of AT&T in 1984. Since then it's been one of the most...
