[Mb-civic] NYTimes.com: AT&T to Buy BellSouth, Creating Telecom Giant

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Remember when they split up Bell Telephone into seven separate companies? Well...since AT&T eventually bought up 3 of those old companies, and BellSouth bought up 3 others, this means that, with the exception of one "baby Bell," the entire Bell network will be back together as one company!!


BUSINESS | March 5, 2006
AT&T to Buy BellSouth, Creating Telecom Giant
By KEN BELSON
The $67 billion deal would form a company serving nearly 70 million local phone customers and controlling Cingular Wireless.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/05/business/05cnd-phone.html?ex=1142226000&en=fe68c2c3a3357ac1&ei=5070&emc=eta1



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