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Business Definition for: Baby Bell
- one of the regional phone companies that was established after the demise of AT & T in 1984. Nynex and Southwestern Bell are two of the Baby Bells.
Additional Resources
- Ma Bell Hires Baby Bell Exec To Nurse Struggling Unit
- By Rodney L. Pringle, rpringle@pbimedia.com AT&T [T] has turned to Betsy J. Bernard, a former Baby Bell executive, to head up its floundering consumer long-distance unit. Bernard, 45, had most recently headed Qwest Communications International's [Q] consumer and small business unit. She had also served as head...
- Research articles 2001-03-22
- Bell resale rules upheld. (Policy).(Baby Bell phone companies equipment leasing requirements from the Supreme Court)(Brief Article)
- WASHINGTON -- A U.S. Supreme Court ruling last week that required Baby Bell phone companies to lease equipment to competitors at a discounted price is unlikely to have a major impact on cable operators, industry officials say. Verizon Communi ...
- Research articles 2002-05-20
- Cable boosts Baby Bell. (Ameritech financial results for first quarter 1997)(Brief Article)
- Cable television ventures contributed to higher revenue at Baby Bell Ameritech, but they also added to operating costs, the company says. Ameritech reported $3.859 billion in revenue for first quarter 1997, compared with $3.567 billion in the same Cable television ventures contributed to...
- Research articles 1997-05-12
- DirecTV and Baby Bell SBC Communications are in discussions about expanding an existing alliance but haven't reached an agreement.
- DirecTV and Baby Bell SBC Communications are in discussions about expanding an existing alliance but haven't reached an agreement, sources familiar with the situation say. Current discussions focus on SBC marketing and distributing DirecTV to singl DirecTV and Baby Bell SBC Communications are in...
- Research articles 1999-07-19
- Ameritech Turf Move in St. Louis Becomes First for a Baby Bell.(Originated from The Washington Times)
- Nov. 7--Ameritech said yesterday it will begin offering local phone service to customers in Missouri next year, making it the first Baby Bell to invade another's territory. Nov. 7--Ameritech said yesterday it will begin offering local phone service to customers in...
- Research articles 1997-11-07
- Baby Bell Data May Get Dereg.
- WASHINGTON -- Senate Commerce Committee chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) introduced legislation that would deregulate Baby Bell provision of Internet services to residential and business users. The bill -- introduced last Thursday as part of McC WASHINGTON -- Senate Commerce...
- Research articles 1999-05-17
- Bells ring a deregulatory tune at FCC. (Policy).(Baby Bell companies disagree with FCC ruling)
- Want to know why the telecom sector is flat on its back? The Baby Bell phone companies have one explanation: the Federal Communications Commission. Want to know why the telecom sector is flat on its back? The Baby Bell phone companies have...
- Research articles 2002-09-23
- US West sets $4.1 billion debt offering. (US West Media Group and Baby Bell US West Communications)(Brief Article)
- DENVER--The financing arm of US West Inc., parent of cable power US West Media Group and Baby Bell US West Communications, last week set a U.S. record with a $4.1 billion debt offering. The offering, which is rated Baal/BBB-plus, supplants last yea DENVER--The financing...
- Research articles 1997-01-20
- Purchase buoys Prodigy in consolidating industry;Baby Bell's stake gives No. 4 Net provider new access; strategy may falter.(Brief Article)
- In the ephemeral world of Internet shooting stars, Prodigy Communications Corp. is a survivor. The 15-year-old on-line pioneer proved that again late last month when it agreed to sell a 43% stake to Baby Bell SBC Communications in a stock transact In the...
- Research articles 1999-12-06
- Ameritech goes cable.(first Baby Bell to gain a cable franchise in its own service area)
- Ameritech has become the first Baby Bell to obtain a cable franchise in its own service area. The deal, signed last week, reflects the telco's movement from the common-carrier approach of video dialtone toward becoming a cable operator. As a resu Ameritech...
- Research articles 1995-07-03
- New arrival SBC just phoning in its local service; Baby Bell says it's a long selling process; rivals say firm is only fulfilling FCC deal.(SBC Communications Inc.)(Brief Article)
- Last November, SBC Communications Inc. launched a blimp into the skies over Manhattan emblazoned with the San Antonio-based Baby Bell's logo. The sky-high marketing effort coincided with the launch of SBC's local telephone service in New York. But Last November, SBC Communications Inc....
- Research articles 2001-02-05
- Baby Bell Phone Firms Outlast Their Rivals.
- By Joelle Tessler, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 28--When the Justice Department forced the breakup of AT&T in 1984, the Baby Bell local phone companies were seen as telecom's biggest losers, stuck in the stodgy, slow-growth ...
- Research articles 2002-06-28
- Commentary: Verizon, other Baby Bell companies trying to stop growth
- First, the good news: The recent growth of competition in residential phone service has created a $9 billion annual windfall for consumers. That's how much consumers are poised to save as they break free from the old Baby Bell monopoly.
- Research articles 2004-01-09
- SBC vows faster service/ Baby Bell plans to spend $6 billion on state-
- CHICAGO - SBC Communications Inc. vowed Monday to spend $6 billion to upgrade its local phone networks, so it can deliver ultra-high- speed Internet access and dramatically cut costs of carrying voice calls. While most telecom executives agree that traditional local networks must be rebuilt to provide lightning-fast...
- Research articles 1999-10-19
- Baby Bell from Texas plans Colorado service
- Within the next 18 months, Denver customers of US West Inc. will get the chance to receive local telephone service from a rival Baby Bell: Texas-based SBC Communications Inc. Fresh from completing its $74 billion merger with Ameritech Corp., SBC detailed plans to offer local dialing and other...
- Research articles 1999-10-14
- Federal Ruling Means Baby Bell Companies Continue to Face Competition.
- By Jason Gertzen, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--The local telephone wars will continue. With the backing of a new Federal Communications Commission ruling issued Thursday, Baby Bell companies such as SBC Communications Inc. will continue to...
- Research articles 2003-02-21
- Akron, Ohio, Business Switches to Baby Bell Rival for Local Phone Service.
- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 9 -- Is there life after ditching a Baby Bell? Well, Akron's Julie Miller is about to find out -- well, her business will at least. On Friday, Miller Examining Service Inc., an 18-year-old real estate...
- Research articles 1999-03-09
- Four Bell companies file motion to vacate MFJ. (Bell Regional Holding Companies; Modified Final Judgment)
- WASHINGTON -- The Baby Bells last week opened a new front in their war on regulatory liberation. With no guarantees Congress will pass helpful legislation this year, four regional Baby Bell phone companies filed a court motion last week seeking t WASHINGTON...
- Research articles 1994-07-11
- Three Baby Bells issue set-top RFP. (Regional Bell Holding Companies; request for proposals)
- The three-member Baby Bell consortium known as Platco last week issued a request for proposals on the 4 million "digital entertainment terminals" and related network components it needs to build video networks. Bell Atlantic, Nynex Corp The three-member Baby Bell consortium known...
- Research articles 1995-03-06
- Warning and wooing cable executives. (Creative Artists Agency's joint venture with Bell Atlantic, Pacific Telesis, and Nynex) (Brief Article)
- CAA's Griffiths tells CTAM to expect serious competition from his new alliance with Baby Bells and similar telco deals The new media venture being developed by Creative Artists Agency and three Baby Bell telephone companies will be a vigorous ...
- Research articles 1994-12-05
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