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AT&T, BellSouth merger passes antitrust test

October 11, 2006 Department of Justice's antitrust division gives blessing to $67 billion merger between AT&T and BellSouth. TAGS: merger, BellSouth Corp., antitrust, AT&T Corp., approval, telecommunications, U.S.

FCC approves AT&T-BellSouth merger

December 29, 2006 After months of partisan deadlock, the Federal Communications Commission approves the merger valued at roughly $86 billion. TAGS: merger, AT&T Corp., commissioner, BellSouth Corp., commission, Net Neutrality, condition, Republican, broadband, U.S.

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. TAGS: BellSouth Corp., AT&T Corp., telephone company, local phone company, acquisition, Verizon Communications, SBC Communications Inc., Cingular Wireless, Qwest Communications Inc., merger, cable company, Texas, telecommunications, state, U.S., TV

AT&T and BellSouth: Why you should care

November 7, 2006 After its proposed merger with BellSouth, AT&T will in many ways be bigger and stronger than its monopolistic predecessor, Ma Bell. TAGS: BellSouth Corp., merger, AT&T Corp., Ma Bell, telecommunications, commission, U.S.

Feds approve Sprint-Nextel merger

August 4, 2005 FCC and Department of Justice's antitrust division approve the megamerger of the U.S. cell phone operators. TAGS: Nextel Communications Inc., merger, Sprint Nextel, BellSouth Corp., carrier, antitrust, SBC Communications Inc., AT&T Corp., agency, Verizon Communications, U.S., cell phone

Conflicting technologies may stall cell mergers

February 18, 2004 Cingular's planned $41 billion acquisition of AT&T Wireless puts new merger pressure on U.S. cell phone carriers, but incompatible back-end technologies could make it difficult for would-be pa... TAGS: AT&T Wireless, Vodafone Group Plc., cell phone carrier, CDMA, merger, GSM, Cingular Wireless, cell phone, Verizon Wireless, match, BellSouth Corp., T-Mobile, standards, 3G, AT&T Corp., U.S.

Bumps in the road for AT&T-BellSouth merger?

April 4, 2006 Mark Del Bianco says there are good reasons to challenge the conventional wisdom that regulators should let the deal sail through. TAGS: spectrum, broadband service, Sprint Nextel, BellSouth Corp., wisdom, broadband, band, AT&T Corp., merger, telecommunications, U.S.

Merger, shmerger, where's my ESPN phone?

January 31, 2005 As traditional phone operators jockey for dominance, new technology helps make up for lost competition. TAGS: telephone company, operator, ESPN, VoIP, merger, AT&T Corp., Vonage Holdings Corp., SBC Communications Inc., BellSouth Corp., cell phone, broadband, IP, U.S.

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