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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.
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In 1984, the former AT&T agreed to divest its local telephone operations but retain its long distance, R&D and manufacturing arms. From this, SBC Communications Inc. (first known as Southwestern Bell Corp.) was born. Twelve years later, the Telecommunications Act of 1996 drove major changes in the competitive landscape.
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.
Southwestern Bell Corporation (SBC) is one of the seven regional holding companies formed after the breakup of American Telephone & Telegraph Corporation ’ s (AT&T) Bell System in 1983.
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.
