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SBC closes AT&T acquisition
November 18, 2005
Starting Friday SBC Communications will be called AT&T, as SBC closes the books on its $16.9 billion acquisition.
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AT&T to buy BellSouth for $67 billion
March 5, 2006
The combined company would generate about $130 billion in sales and serve nearly 70 million local phone customers.
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Convergence to spur tech deals, analysts say
May 31, 2006
Companies are under pressure to meet demand for products that mix computing, broadcast and telecom technologies, analyst firm says.
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Phone options expand despite telecom mergers
March 31, 2005
Do VoIP, wireless and cable broadband offer enough competition in a market where traditional phone providers are merging left and right?
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Tech industry sheds fewer jobs in 2004
January 12, 2005
But mergers and outsourcing will keep tech job security in flux, according to report.
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Verizon, MCI to link up in $6.7 billion deal
February 14, 2005
Valentine's Day betrothal will give regional titan Verizon access to MCI's worldwide long-distance and IP networks.
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Merger mania promises fewer, bigger telcos
February 7, 2005
Merger after merger, the market is contracting rapidly--with widespread speculation about what'll happen next.
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Can telecoms wring profit from enterprise IP?
May 18, 2005
AT&T and MCI say new IP services are growing like crazy, but they may have trouble making money from them.
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