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SBC, Hewlett-Packard form alliance

January 12, 2005 Nonexclusive deal will let them jointly develop and market IT and telecommunications products and services. TAGS: alliance, SBC Communications Inc., telecommunications, information technology, British Telecommunications, HP, AT&T Corp., U.K.

Yahoo, Verizon launch co-branded DSL

August 23, 2005 update The companies are launching a DSL service for $14.95 a month, marking yet another major deal the Internet giant has inked with a telecom. TAGS: Verizon Communications, portal, DSL service, DSL, Yahoo! Inc., SBC Communications Inc., telecommunications, AT&T Corp., antivirus, e-mail

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. TAGS: SBC Communications Inc., merger, approval, MCI Inc., provision, Verizon Communications, AT&T Corp., telecommunications, provider, commission

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 TAGS: SBC Communications Inc., AT&T Corp., Ma Bell, shareholder, brand name, cell phone, telecommunications, CEO, IP, acquisition, brand, U.S.

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. TAGS: MCI Inc., SBC Communications Inc., AT&T Corp., approval, Verizon Communications, merger, telecommunications, building, telephone company, 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, Cingular Wireless, SBC Communications Inc., Verizon Communications, merger, Qwest Communications Inc., Texas, telecommunications, cable company, state, U.S., TV

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. TAGS: SBC Communications Inc., long distance provider, breakup, AT&T Corp., merger, telecommunications, phone provider, telephony, IP, cable television, antitrust, broadband, Sprint Nextel, VoIP, call, New York

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. TAGS: SBC Communications Inc., Ma Bell, AT&T Corp., Skype, acquisition, telecommunications, telephone company, CEO, U.S., cell phone, brand

BellSouth begins Microsoft IPTV trials

January 7, 2005 The Baby Bell is kicking Microsoft's tires for possible use in its Internet-based video service. TAGS: IP television, BellSouth Corp., fiber, SBC Communications Inc., set-top, telecommunications, trial, set-top box, TV, AT&T Corp., programming, Microsoft Corp., video

New CEO enters as Qwest faces stiff competition

August 13, 2007 Telecom veteran Edward Mueller has been named the new chief executive of the smallest of the major U.S. phone companies. TAGS: Edward Mueller, Qwest Communications Inc., Ameritech, Williams-Sonoma Inc., U.S. phone company, SBC Communications Inc., telephone company, CEO, telecommunications, AT&T Corp., president, TV

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. TAGS: MCI Inc., antitrust, telecommunications, SBC Communications Inc., merger, Verizon Communications, attorney, AT&T Corp., analysis

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. TAGS: AT&T Corp., Ma Bell, telecommunications, branding, SBC Communications Inc., brand, TV

Level 3 to acquire WilTel

October 31, 2005 The telecom company will snap up WilTel's communications business in a stock and cash deal worth $680 million. TAGS: WilTel Communications, Level 3 Communications Inc., fiber-optics, telecommunications, AT&T Corp., SBC Communications Inc., acquisition

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. TAGS: Pacific Telesis, SBC Communications Inc., Pac Bell, PointCast, merger, AT&T Corp., Ma Bell, CEO, dot-com, telecommunications, president, Sprint Nextel

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. TAGS: MCI Inc., SBC Communications Inc., AT&T Corp., merger, telecommunications company, telecommunications, telephone company, Verizon Communications, Nextel Communications Inc., CEO, cell phone, Sprint Nextel
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