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The breakup of the AT&T / Bell System was in 1982. Let's look at what happened to the seven companies it was broken up into. Pacific Telesis was acquired by AT&
by CobrastanJorji 6y ago
The breakup of the AT&T / Bell System was in 1982. Let's look at what happened to the seven companies it was broken up into. Pacific Telesis was acquired by AT&T in 1997. Ameritech was acquired by AT&T in 1999. Southwestern Bell Corporation was acquired by AT&T in 2005. BellSouth was acquired by AT&T in 2006. The other 3 are now either part of Verizon or CenturyLink.
The breakup of Bell sent a message, but so did the reconsolidation of Bell.