Illinois Bell
The Illinois Bell Telephone Company is a Bell System operating internet and telephone telecommunications group in the Midwestern state of Illinois. The network performs business as AT&T Illinois under AT&T Teleholdings (which was once Ameritech).[1] It was established in 1920.[2]
After the 1984 Bell System breakup, Illinois Bell became a division of Ameritech (one of seven or eight Regional Bell Operating Companies.[3] The Illinois Bell name was used until early 1993, after which Ameritech stopped using this and four other state names in favor for Ameritech as their corporate name.[4]
In 1998 Ameritech made plans for being merged into what was then SBC Communications (another former RBOC). The merger was not received well at first but was later allowed to happen with several restrictions. The two networks were officially merged in October 1999, but the name Ameritech was still used until 2002. In 2001, the company began doing business as SBC Ameritech Illinois.[5]
The later years
In Autumn or early Winter 2002, SBC dropped the Ameritech name in favor for SBC as a national and corporate brand. On January 1, 2003 Illinois Bell was renamed the Illinois Bell Telephone Company d/b/a/ SBC Illinois for regulatory business.[6] The name was changed again three years later. That was after conclusion of SBC Communications' buying of AT&T. The name then became AT&T Illinois.[7]
References
- ↑ "The Bell System Telephone Companies–Then and Now". The Bell System Memorials. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
- ↑ "The Bell System Telephone Companies–Then and Now". The Bell System Memorials. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
- ↑ "The Bell System Telephone Companies–Then and Now". The Bell System Memorials. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
- ↑ "The Bell System Telephone Companies–Then and Now". The Bell System Memorials. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
- ↑ "The Bell System Telephone Companies–Then and Now". The Bell System Memorials. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
- ↑ "The Bell System Telephone Companies–Then and Now". The Bell System Memorials. Retrieved August 8, 2024..
- ↑ "The Bell System Telephone Companies–Then and Now". The Bell System Memorials. Retrieved August 8, 2024..
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