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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.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.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.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.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.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.AT&T chief lands another SBC merger
January 31, 2005 Dave Dorman's history includes the CEO slot at Pacific Bell, another company absorbed into SBC.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 innovationDOJ 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.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?Judge plans to review AT&T, Verizon deals
July 12, 2006 A federal judge in Washington says he may permit witnesses to describe the twin mergers' impact on competition.Regional carriers expand horizons
February 15, 2005 SBC, Verizon morph into national players that will face off in direct competition.Merger wave could leave telecom gear makers at sea
February 8, 2005 With telecom companies vanishing, it might not be the best time to be selling routers.SBC, AT&T say Bell breakup doesn't work
February 22, 2005 Twenty years after Ma Bell fell, consumers need nationwide providers again, merging companies tell government regulators.BellSouth shareholders approve AT&T merger
July 21, 2006 Shareholders OK $67 billion bid, but several groups, including the ACLU, have objections.Judge balks at closure of AT&T, Verizon mergers
July 25, 2006 Telephone companies have closed books on the deals, but an antitrust magistrate says he needs more info.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.Telco heads can't rule out post-merger price hikes
March 2, 2005 CEOs of Verizon, SBC tell congressional panel that rate increases aren't planned after mega-mergers, but can't be ruled out.Feds defend approval of telecom megamergers
December 14, 2006 In court filing, the Justice Department tries to fend off criticism of analysis approving mergers between AT&T and SBC and Verizon and MCI.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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