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Showing 1-17 of 17 results foundSBC 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.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.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.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.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?Regional carriers expand horizons
February 15, 2005 SBC, Verizon morph into national players that will face off in direct competition.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.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.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.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.BellSouth shareholders approve AT&T merger
July 21, 2006 Shareholders OK $67 billion bid, but several groups, including the ACLU, have objections.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.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.Qwest CEO stepping down after five years
June 11, 2007 Richard Notebaert, 59, announces his retirement as chief executive and chairman of the telecommunications giant.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.Here's to the best government money can buy
June 23, 2006 CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says two mega-telecom mergers speak volumes about how money and power determine policy.
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