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Southwestern Bell is a subsidiary of AT&T that provides local telephone service in six states. It traces its history to The Missouri and Kansas Telephone Company, founded in 1882, and has undergone several name changes and mergers over the years.
Learn about the origins and evolution of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, one of the regional Bell operating companies that became SBC Communications Inc. in 1995. Find out how Southwestern Bell grew, consolidated, and expanded its services and markets in the 20th century.
Learn how the Bell System, a monopoly of local telephone service in the U.S., was divided into seven independent companies in 1984, including Southwestern Bell Corporation. Find out the effects of the breakup on competition, rates, and access charges in the telecommunications industry.
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.
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 Southwestern Bell Telephone Company provides local telephone service to five states and owns part of Mexico's national telephone system.
AT&T Corporation was eventually purchased by one of the Regional Bell Operating Companies, the former Southwestern Bell Company, in 2005, and the combined company became known as AT&T Inc.
Southwestern Bell is an American telephone company. It performs operations in Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas and Texas. Southwestern Bell is currently owned by AT&T. The company was founded in the early 1920s close to the time Northwestern Bell was founded. [1] The history.
