Company type | Subsidiary |
---|---|
Industry | Telecommunications |
Predecessor | Southern Bell |
Founded | 1968 |
Fate | Merged |
Successor | BellSouth Telecommunications |
Headquarters | , U.S. |
Area served | Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee |
Parent | AT&T (1968-1983) BellSouth (1984–2006) The "new" AT&T (2006 and present) |
South Central Bell Telephone Company, headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, is the name of the Bell System's operations in Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee.[1] South Central Bell was created in July 1968 when the Bell telephone operations in those states were split off from Southern Bell. South Central Bell was headquartered in (what is now) the AT&T City Center building in Birmingham. As of early 1992 the South Central Bell name is no longer used but the service network itself still exists and performs business and operates as the "new" AT&T.[2]
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In 1984, South Central Bell became a subsidiary of BellSouth Corporation, effectively reuniting South Central Bell with Southern Bell. The two companies were officially reunited in 1992 when Southern Bell absorbed South Central Bell as BellSouth Telecommunications. The two names were used, however, until 1995.
References
[edit]- ^ "The Bell System Telephone Companies–Then and Now". The Bell System Memorials. Retrieved August 8, 2024..
- ^ "The Bell System Telephone Companies–Then and Now". The Bell System Memorials. Retrieved August 8, 2024..
See also
[edit]- AT&T
- AT&T Corporation, now a subsidiary
- BellSouth Telecommunications
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