Southwestern Bell

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Southwestern Bell was a major regional telephone company in the United States that later became part of AT&T through mergers and rebranding.

All labels observed (5)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bell Operating Company ⓘ
regional telephone company ⓘ
subsidiary ⓘ
brandOf SBC Communications ⓘ
brandRegion southwestern United States ⓘ
surface form: Southwest U.S.
corporateLineage AT&T ⓘ
surface form: AT&T Corp.
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
foundedAs Southwestern Bell self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
hasAbbreviation SWB ⓘ
SWBT ⓘ
hasService directory assistance ⓘ
landline telephone ⓘ
payphone service ⓘ
headquartersLocation St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ
surface form: St. Louis, Missouri
historicalConnection American Telephone and Telegraph Company ⓘ
historicalStatus defunct as independent brand ⓘ
industry telecommunications ⓘ
laterKnownAs AT&T ⓘ
surface form: AT&T Inc.

SBC Communications ⓘ
mergedInto SBC Communications ⓘ
networkType Public Switched Telephone Network ⓘ
operatedIn Arkansas ⓘ
Kansas ⓘ
Missouri ⓘ
Oklahoma ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
originatedFrom Bell System ⓘ
ownedBy AT&T ⓘ
surface form: AT&T Inc.

SBC Communications ⓘ
parentCompany AT&T ⓘ
surface form: AT&T Inc.
partOf Baby Bells ⓘ
Regional Bell Operating Companies ⓘ
predecessor Southwestern Bell self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
providedServiceTo business customers ⓘ
residential customers ⓘ
regulator Federal Communications Commission ⓘ
resultOf divestiture of AT&T ⓘ
serviceType business telecommunications services ⓘ
local telephone service ⓘ
long-distance telephone service ⓘ
successor SBC Communications ⓘ
surface form: SBC Communications Inc.
telephoneArea southwestern United States ⓘ
surface form: Southwestern United States
telephoneNumberingPlan North American Numbering Plan ⓘ
typeOfCompany public utility ⓘ

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Cotton Bowl Classic → formerSponsor → Southwestern Bell ⓘ
Cotton Bowl Classic → formerSponsor → Southwestern Bell ⓘ
this entity surface form: SBC Communications
Bell System → successor → Southwestern Bell ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern Bell Corporation
Southwestern Bell → predecessor → Southwestern Bell self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Southwestern Bell → foundedAs → Southwestern Bell self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
NYSE:T → issuerFormerName → Southwestern Bell ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern Bell Corporation
Regional Bell Operating Companies → member → Southwestern Bell ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern Bell Corporation
Bell Operating Companies → originalHoldingCompany → Southwestern Bell ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern Bell Corporation
SBC Communications → formerName → Southwestern Bell ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern Bell Corporation
SBC Communications → foundedBy → Southwestern Bell ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Baby Bells → hasPart → Southwestern Bell ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern Bell Corporation
SWBT → abbreviationOf → Southwestern Bell ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
SWBT → formerName → Southwestern Bell ⓘ
subject surface form: Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
this entity surface form: Southwestern Bell Corporation
SWBT → parentAfterDivestiture → Southwestern Bell ⓘ
subject surface form: Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
this entity surface form: Southwestern Bell Corporation
SWBT → alsoKnownAs → Southwestern Bell ⓘ
SWB → fullName → Southwestern Bell ⓘ
SWB → predecessor → Southwestern Bell ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
SWB → isAbbreviationOf → Southwestern Bell ⓘ
SWB → ownedBrand → Southwestern Bell ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern Bell Telephone