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Southwestern Bell Telephone Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T. It does business as other d.b.a. names in its operating region, which includes Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, and portions of Illinois. The company is currently headquartered in Dallas, Texas at One AT&T Plaza . History.
Find out how to manage your home phone plan, features, and issues with AT&T. Learn how to use star codes, call block, and contact customer service.
Learn how AT&T evolved from Alexander Graham Bell's invention of the telephone to a global leader in communications. See the brands and acquisitions that shaped AT&T, including Southwestern Bell, the former local telephone operator.
Originally one of the seven regional holding companies formed after the breakup of American Telephone & Telegraph Corporation's (AT & T) Bell System in 1983, SBC Communications Inc. has emerged in the 1990s as a national provider of local telephone services.
Learn about the history and operations of Southwestern Bell Corporation, one of the regional holding companies formed after the breakup of AT&T's Bell System in 1983. Find out how it provides local telephone service to five states and operates in other industries such as directory publishing, mobile communications, and cable television.
Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Co. AT&T remains the head of the Bell System until its breakup 84 years later. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. is formed. One year later, it adopts the third Bell logo, instituted with the words “Bell System” placed inside the bell itself. The logo design is eventually used by all local Bell companies.
The breakup of the Bell System resulted in the creation of seven independent companies that were formed from the original twenty-two AT&T-controlled members of the System. On January 1, 1984, these companies were NYNEX, Pacific Telesis, Ameritech, Bell Atlantic, Southwestern Bell Corporation, BellSouth, and US West.
