BOCs
E696713
BOCs are the regional telephone service providers in the United States that were created from the breakup of the Bell System monopoly in the 1980s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| BOCs canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7911437 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: BOCs Context triple: [Bell Operating Companies, alsoKnownAs, BOCs]
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BOIC
BOIC is the French and Dutch abbreviation for the Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee, the National Olympic Committee responsible for organizing Belgium’s participation in the Olympic Games and promoting the Olympic movement in the country.
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B.
BOL
BOL is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code assigned to Bolivia.
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BDO
BDO is the IATA station code for Bandung Railway Station, a major rail transport hub in Bandung, Indonesia.
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BOK
BOK is the commonly used abbreviation for the Bank of Korea, South Korea’s central bank responsible for monetary policy and financial stability.
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E.
BOK
BOK is the station code for Berlin Ostkreuz, a major railway interchange in Berlin, Germany.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: BOCs Target entity description: BOCs are the regional telephone service providers in the United States that were created from the breakup of the Bell System monopoly in the 1980s.
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A.
BOIC
BOIC is the French and Dutch abbreviation for the Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee, the National Olympic Committee responsible for organizing Belgium’s participation in the Olympic Games and promoting the Olympic movement in the country.
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B.
BOL
BOL is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code assigned to Bolivia.
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C.
BDO
BDO is the IATA station code for Bandung Railway Station, a major rail transport hub in Bandung, Indonesia.
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D.
BOK
BOK is the station code for Berlin Ostkreuz, a major railway interchange in Berlin, Germany.
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E.
BOK
BOK is the commonly used abbreviation for the Bank of Korea, South Korea’s central bank responsible for monetary policy and financial stability.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Regional Bell Operating Company group ⓘ |
| allowedToEnterLongDistance | after meeting local competition tests under 1996 Act ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Baby Bells NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| consolidationOutcome |
many BOCs later merged into SBC/AT&T Inc.
ⓘ
many BOCs later merged into Verizon ⓘ some BOCs assets later became part of CenturyLink/Lumen ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| divestedFrom | AT&T long-distance operations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| excludedFrom | interstate long-distance service (initially) ⓘ |
| fullForm | Bell Operating Companies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | ended AT&T’s local service monopoly in most of the U.S. ⓘ |
| industry | telecommunications ⓘ |
| laterAffectedBy | Telecommunications Act of 1996 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laterServiceExpansion |
broadband Internet access
ⓘ
video and IPTV services ⓘ wireless services ⓘ |
| legalBasis | United States v. AT&T antitrust case NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalInstrument | Modification of Final Judgment ⓘ |
| networkType | public switched telephone network ⓘ |
| numberOfOriginalCompanies | 7 ⓘ |
| operateUnder | state public utility commission oversight ⓘ |
| originalMember |
Ameritech
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bell Atlantic NERFINISHED ⓘ BellSouth NERFINISHED ⓘ NYNEX NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Telesis NERFINISHED ⓘ Southwestern Bell NERFINISHED ⓘ US West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originEvent | breakup of the Bell System ⓘ |
| originYear | 1984 ⓘ |
| own | local loop infrastructure in their regions ⓘ |
| parentCompanyBeforeDivestiture | AT&T NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor |
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bell System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| provideInterconnectionTo | interexchange carriers ⓘ |
| regulator |
Federal Communications Commission
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U.S. Department of Justice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regulatoryGoal | promote competition in long-distance and equipment markets ⓘ |
| regulatoryStatus | incumbent local exchange carrier ⓘ |
| roleAfterDivestiture | local exchange carrier ⓘ |
| sector | local telephone service ⓘ |
| serviceArea | regional ⓘ |
| serviceType |
access services to long-distance carriers
ⓘ
directory assistance ⓘ local telephone service ⓘ public payphone service ⓘ |
| subjectTo | line-of-business restrictions under MFJ ⓘ |
| technologyEvolution |
deployment of fiber-optic infrastructure
ⓘ
from analog to digital switching ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: BOCs Description of subject: BOCs are the regional telephone service providers in the United States that were created from the breakup of the Bell System monopoly in the 1980s.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.