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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. TAGS: BellSouth Corp., AT&T Corp., telephone company, local phone company, acquisition, Cingular Wireless, Verizon Communications, SBC Communications Inc., Qwest Communications Inc., merger, cable company, Texas, telecommunications, state, U.S., TV

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., approval, AT&T Corp., Verizon Communications, merger, telecommunications, building, telephone company, U.S.

FCC to investigate video franchise rules

November 3, 2005 The feds are investigating whether local communities inhibit competition for TV service. TAGS: entrant, cable company, telephone company, SBC Communications Inc., Texas, agreement, community, AT&T Corp., Verizon Communications, video, TV

Telcos, cable companies face off over TV franchises

May 27, 2005 The heat is on this weekend in Texas, where lawmakers will debate legislation that could help phone companies entering the TV market. TAGS: franchise, Texas, cable company, SBC Communications Inc., Cox Communications Inc., Verizon Communications, bill, provision, spokesman, telecommunications company, law, city, telephone company, community, TV, AT&T Corp.

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, fiber, Sprint Nextel, cell phone

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. TAGS: pay-TV, fiber, Verizon Communications, fee, cable company, broadcaster, broadband Internet, telephone company, SBC Communications Inc., telecommunications, CEO, broadband, AT&T Corp., DSL, video, TV

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. TAGS: IP television, SuperComm, VoIP, SBC Communications Inc., BellSouth Corp., carrier, telephone company, telecommunications, TV, Verizon Communications, IP, DSL, Microsoft Corp., video

Cable honchos converge for annual pow-wow

April 1, 2005 Industry heavyweights will descend on San Francisco this weekend for their annual convention. Silicon Valley luminaries will join them. TAGS: Time Warner Inc., convention, voice service, co-founder, Cablevision Systems Corp., cable company, VoIP, broadband, nation, SBC Communications Inc., telephone company, Comcast Corp., CEO, DSL, cell phone, San Francisco
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