Baby Bells

The regional phone companies, known as Baby Bells, are racing the cable companies to lay the fiber-optic network that will make up -- and control -- the "superhighway" infrastructure.

A Risky Revolution 2008

In a watershed 1984 case, the federal government split AT&T into several companies, commonly known as Baby Bells, due to antitrust violations.

Update2 -- AT&T Beats The Street 2006

In a watershed 1984 case, the federal government split AT&T into several companies, commonly known as Baby Bells, due to antitrust violations.

Update -- AT&T Beats The Street 2006

In a watershed 1984 case, the federal government split AT&T into several companies, commonly known as Baby Bells, due to antitrust violations.

AT&T Beats The Street 2006

ALAN DEAN FOSTER Prescott, Arizona OPERATOR ASSISTED CALLS ARE CHARGED AT A HIGHER RATE The telephone company is a living organism, a gigantic single? celled animal that the historic breakup into re-gional companies called Baby Bells hasn't changed.

The Metrognome and Other Stories Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1990

ALAN DEAN FOSTER Prescott, Arizona OPERATOR ASSISTED CALLS ARE CHARGED AT A HIGHER RATE The telephone company is a living organism, a gigantic single-celled animal that the historic breakup into regional companies called Baby Bells hasn't changed.

The Metrognome and other Stories Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1990

While the Baby Bells lumbered into the cell phone business, literally hundreds of entrepreneurs stormed out of the gate, each building out service in a single city.

Dr. Philip Neches: AT&T and T-Mobile: Back to the Future Dr. Philip Neches 2011

While the Baby Bells lumbered into the cell phone business, literally hundreds of entrepreneurs stormed out of the gate, each building out service in a single city.

Dr. Philip Neches: AT&T and T-Mobile: Back to the Future Dr. Philip Neches 2011

The companies that once were the local service Baby Bells have all long since been folded into just four companies -- Verizon, Bell South, Qwest and AT&T.

Pricing the Internet, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

The company, one of the three remaining Baby Bells, posted net income of $185 million, or 11 cents a share, down from $366 million, or 20 cents a share, a year earlier.

Qwest Reports 50% Drop in Net 2009