The Bell System Divestiture (1982) 0 (0)

1984 in economics, Corporate History, Telecommunications companies of the United States, United States antitrust law / ,

The divestiture of the Bell System was the court-mandated breakup of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T), which held a legal monopoly on local telephone service in most of the United States. On January 1, 1984, the “Ma Bell” monopoly was split into seven independent regional holding companies, colloquially known as “Baby Bells.” This […]

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