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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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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
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SBC joins the VoIP party
November 16, 2004
The local phone giant going after "young and wireless" crowd in 2005 with Internet phone plan.
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Commentary: TV deal clicks for Microsoft
November 17, 2004
As SBC rolls out fiber to the neighborhoods of millions of new customers, a key component will come from the software giant.
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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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Vonage, SBC in talks over 911 help
April 25, 2005
Despite initial discord between the two sides, negotiations are under way, a potential breakthrough for VoIP providers.
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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.
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SBC readies Net phone service
January 12, 2005
Last Bell provider to add Internet telephony signs deal with VoIP provider Deltathree.
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Week in review: The bell tolls for Ma Bell
February 4, 2005
With the sale of AT&T and the rise of Skype, the last vestiges of the 20th century's phone system are fading fast. Photos: AT&T's history of innovation Photos: Hush, hush, my PC
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Feds approve Sprint-Nextel merger
August 4, 2005
FCC and Department of Justice's antitrust division approve the megamerger of the U.S. cell phone operators.
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Merger, shmerger, where's my ESPN phone?
January 31, 2005
As traditional phone operators jockey for dominance, new technology helps make up for lost competition.
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Year in review: Dawning of the broadband age
December 20, 2004
In 2004, the number of broadband subscriptions in the U.S. surpassed the number of dial-up accounts--and the gap will only increase.
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Cable and tech feeling closer
April 4, 2005
Jerry Yang, Paul Allen and other luminaries sound off on ways cable and Silicon Valley can collaborate.
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