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SBC converts picnic spots into hot spots
January 19, 2005
SBC will make California state parks Wi-Fi hot spots, the company announced on Wednesday.
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SBC launches intrusion prevention service
June 22, 2005
PremierServ addition to managed security service promises to catch known and unknown network threats.
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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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SBC offers broadband discount
March 1, 2005
Service provider is offering a lower rate to customers who sign up online for high-speed DSL access this month.
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SBC to use the AT&T name
October 27, 2005
After the final wedding bells have rung, SBC has decided it will take AT&T's historic name.
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AT&T doubles up on DSL speed
December 13, 2005
Introduces DSL service designed to double download speeds for business customers of its hosted Web services.
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SBC makes $16 billion call for AT&T
January 31, 2005
Ma Bell offspring to take over AT&T in bid for global stature as cable and Net phone rivals close in. Photos: AT&T's history of innovation
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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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SBC to acquire AT&T for $16 billion
January 31, 2005
SBC says the deal will give it one of the world's "most widely recognized and respected" brand names. Photos: AT&T's history of innovation
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Big ad campaign to usher in new AT&T
December 29, 2005
The reborn, postmerger Ma Bell gets its branding in order as competition heats up among telecom and cable companies.
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Ma Bell to have local rebirth online?
February 23, 2005
SBC will keep AT&T's Net phone service going post-merger, execs say--putting the company back in the market for local calls.
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Prodigy up for sale
December 10, 2005
Parent SBC, now known as AT&T, hopes to close the sale of the Net's oldest brand by the end of March 2006.
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SBC, Yahoo add security tools to Net service
May 17, 2005
New service combines antivirus, anti-spyware and parental control tools--and is available free to SBC Yahoo subscribers.
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Qwest to turn up heat on SBC-AT&T merger fight
April 25, 2005
Letter to FCC says merger would result in higher prices, reduced service quality, and fewer choices for customers.
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Telecom megamergers get final federal OK
October 31, 2005
The FCC gives green light to mergers of Verizon Communications and MCI, SBC Communications and AT&T.
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FCC denies SBC's request for price flexibility
May 6, 2005
SBC won't have much freedom in setting prices for linking Internet calls to the phone network. But the FCC promises to revisit the topic soon.
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DOJ approves telecom megamergers
October 27, 2005
U.S. Department of Justice gives the green light on the Verizon-MCI merger and the SBC-AT&T transaction.
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This week in telecommunications
February 4, 2005
With SBC's deal to acquire AT&T and the rise of Skype, the last vestiges of the 20th-century's phone system are fading fast.
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SBC plans to get 'naked'
May 6, 2005
SBC says it will begin testing naked DSL this summer, allowing customers in select areas to buy DSL without also buying phone service.
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Vonage may route 911 call to Congress, FCC
March 31, 2005
The Net phone provider considers asking for help solving problems with SBC over subscriber access to the emergency network.
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