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...Mr Stephenson was operating chief when Mr Whitacre’s SBC bought AT&T Corp in 2005, giving the company its current name and when he brokered the purchase of BellSouth in 2006 for more than $80bn – still the...
...Bernstein notes that when AT&T merged with BellSouth in 2006, the Federal Communications Commission specified price and service requirements for some customers....
...It would also be the biggest US telecommunications deal since AT&T bought BellSouth at the end of 2006....
...continuing strong growth of its mobile unit helped AT&T, the biggest US telecommunications group, almost double net income in the first quarter, the first since the completion of its $68bn acquisition of BellSouth...
...The purchase of BellSouth gave AT&T exclusive control of Cingular, the largest US mobile operator by number of customers....
...The figures, the last reported by Cingular as a joint venture following the now-completed $86bn merger of its corporate parents, AT&T and BellSouth, indicate that the US wireless telecommunications sector...
...Cingular, a joint venture between AT&T and BellSouth, said networks integration costs fell to $453m from $637m in the previous quarter underscoring progress made following the merger....
...As well as HCP and Disney, this year’s top five includes AT&T, whose $83bn buy of BellSouth is pending; Reynolds American, after the tobacco group’s $3.5bn buy of smokeless cigarette maker Conwood; and technology...
...Over the past year Cingular, a joint venture between AT&T and BellSouth, recorded 64.5m SMS votes for American Idol, up 52 per cent from the previous season....
...“Consistent with comments from [telecommunications companies] AT&T and BellSouth this week, both of whom saw strength in higher-speed internet tiers, the action in broadband seems to be at the high end,...
...Last week Cingular Wireless, the joint venture between AT&T and BellSouth, reported 1.5m net customer additions, a performance that helped BellSouth, the third-largest US telecommunications group that is...
...The US group’s determination to acquire full control of Verizon Wireless has been reinforced by AT&T’s $68bn bid for BellSouth, a deal that would give AT&T full control of Cingular, the largest US mobile...
...The same applies for Cingular, which is jointly owned by AT&T and BellSouth. That could end with a merger of the two telecoms owners....
...Mr McDowell could be a particular thorn for Edward Whitacre, AT&T’s chief executive, who is said to want to reconfigure Ma Bell by acquiring BellSouth....
...Net profits jumped by 36 per cent following the acquisition of several Latin American mobile phone companies from BellSouth last year....
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