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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.
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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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Sprint, Nextel shareholders approve merger
July 13, 2005
Wednesday's votes supporting the $36 billion deal are just the latest example of investor enthusiasm for telecom consolidation.
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Nextel Communications Inc.
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Tech industry slashing jobs again
April 12, 2005
Twofold increase in first-quarter job cuts fueled by telecommunications mergers, Challenger, Gray & Christmas says.
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Shareholders approve Alcatel, Lucent merger
September 7, 2006
Both companies get shareholder nod for $11 billion merger intended to improve efficiencies, competitive muscle.
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AT&T-BellSouth merger vote delayed for third time
November 3, 2006
FCC has once again postponed the vote because Democrats and Republicans cannot agree on conditions of the telecoms merger.
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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.
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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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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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No 'rubber stamp' on telecom mergers, judge says
December 1, 2006
Judge says he'll do "independent review" of deals between AT&T-SBC and Verizon-MCI, but offers no hints of when a ruling will come.
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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.
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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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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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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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Stop playing games before the next crisis hits
December 1, 2005
Hurricane Katrina highlighted holes in communications. Security expert Lee M. Zeichner asks whether lessons are being learned.
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Mergers are giving AT&T's networks a boost
June 6, 2006
Company plans to upgrade its long-distance network to handle traffic from mergers and deliver an array of new services.
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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.
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BellSouth shareholders approve AT&T merger
July 21, 2006
Shareholders OK $67 billion bid, but several groups, including the ACLU, have objections.
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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.
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A telecommunications summit
June 6, 2006
From the GlobalComm 2006 trade show to the latest wireless technologies, the pace of innovation in the telecommunications industry continues to accelerate.
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Chicago
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