Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company

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Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company was a major regional Bell Operating Company that provided telephone service across much of the southeastern United States before the breakup of AT&T.

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Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bell Operating Company
affiliation Regional Bell Operating Company NERFINISHED
brand Southern Bell NERFINISHED
corporateForm corporation
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dissolutionCause breakup of the Bell System
historicalEra pre-divestiture Bell System era
historicalRole major regional provider of telephone service in the southeastern United States
industry telecommunications
telephone service
networkType public switched telephone network
notableEvent affected by 1982 AT&T consent decree
ownedBy AT&T Corporation NERFINISHED
parentCompany American Telephone and Telegraph Company NERFINISHED
partOf Bell System NERFINISHED
providedInfrastructure central office switches
local telephone exchanges
long-distance trunk lines
telephone poles and lines
region American South NERFINISHED
regulator Federal Communications Commission NERFINISHED
state public service commissions
regulatoryStatus regulated monopoly
serviceArea Alabama NERFINISHED
Florida NERFINISHED
Georgia NERFINISHED
Kentucky NERFINISHED
Louisiana NERFINISHED
Mississippi NERFINISHED
North Carolina NERFINISHED
South Carolina NERFINISHED
Tennessee NERFINISHED
southeastern United States NERFINISHED
serviceCategory fixed-line telephony
serviceType directory assistance
local telephone service
long-distance telephone service
operator services
status defunct
successor BellSouth Corporation NERFINISHED
BellSouth Telecommunications NERFINISHED
technologyUsed analog telephone switching
electromechanical switches
later digital switching equipment
telephoneNumberingPlan North American Numbering Plan NERFINISHED

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GTE Florida distinguishedFrom Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company