BellSouth Corporation

AT&T Completes $86 Billion BellSouth Acquisition: Bell System Reassembled After 1984 Breakup

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AT&T Inc. (formerly SBC Communications) completed its $85.8 billion acquisition of BellSouth Corporation with FCC approval, reassembling much of the former Bell System that was broken up in 1984 as an antitrust remedy. The merger consolidated control over telecommunications infrastructure across …

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