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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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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.
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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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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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Report: Verizon makes play for MCI
February 10, 2005
Verizon is cozying up to MCI as it looks to compete with the SBC/AT&T telecom combo.
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Regional carriers expand horizons
February 15, 2005
SBC, Verizon morph into national players that will face off in direct competition.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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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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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Indiana kills anti-muni broadband bill
February 17, 2005
Indiana state assembly kills a bill that would limit cities from building their own broadband networks.
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Verizon CEO calls for pay-TV rule changes
April 18, 2005
Says telephone company shouldn't be required to pay fees to local governments for offering pay TV over fiber.
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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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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.
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Phone companies hear call of the TV
June 7, 2005
Supercomm 2005 offers a look at an array of new products intended to help spruce up planned TV services.
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