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Dec 5, 2006 · The wireless advantage. The most immediate and obvious benefits of the merger will likely impact wireless customers. Wireless is one of the fastest-growing parts of AT&T, which owns 60...
Dec 20, 2006 · Together, AT&T and BellSouth would control more than half the access telephone infrastructure in the United States. Why would that be a problem? Infrastructure companies such as EarthLink must...
Mar 5, 2006 · AT&T and T-Mobile argue unlocked phones are bad for their customers - here's why ZDNET we equip you to harness the power of disruptive innovation, at work and at home.
Believing that it was about to lose the suit, AT&T proposed an alternative: its breakup. It proposed that it retain control of Western Electric, Yellow Pages, the Bell trademark, Bell Labs, and AT&T Long Distance.
Mar 1, 2021 · AT&T grew by relentlessly gobbling up rival companies and eventually struck a deal with the government to make its monopolization legal in exchange for universal service (known as the Kingsbury Commitment). As a monopolist, AT&T's unilateral decisions dictated the way people communicated.
Jun 26, 2019 · In 1984, AT&T was formally broken up by the government. By most accounts it was a successful divestiture. But is it a model for the break up of the big tech companies that some are now...
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Jan 24, 2022 · Regardless of its long-term effects, the results of the January 8, 1982, settlement forever changed the way that we communicate in the United States and how we view the modern tech monopoly. Learn more about AT&T’s monopoly case history and the breakup of the Bell System below.
