South Central Bell
Appearance
Company type | Private |
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Industry | Telecommunications |
Predecessor | Southern Bell |
Founded | 1968 |
Defunct | 1992 |
Fate | Merged |
Successor | BellSouth Telecommunications |
Headquarters | , U.S. |
Area served | Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee |
Parent | AT&T (1968-1983) BellSouth (1984-1992) |
South Central Bell Telephone Company, headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, was the name of the Bell System's operations in Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee. South Central Bell was created in July 1968 when the Bell telephone operations in those states were split off from Southern Bell. South Central Bell was headquartered in (what is now) the AT&T City Center building in Birmingham.
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In 1984, South Central Bell became a holding of BellSouth Corporation, effectively reuniting South Central Bell with Southern Bell. The two companies were officially reunited in 1992 when Southern Bell absorbed South Central Bell as BellSouth Telecommunications. The two names were used, however, until 1995.
See also
- AT&T
- AT&T Corporation, now a subsidiary
- BellSouth Telecommunications
Categories:
- Bell System
- Telecommunications companies of the United States
- AT&T subsidiaries
- Companies based in Birmingham, Alabama
- Defunct companies based in Alabama
- Defunct telecommunications companies of the United States
- Economy of the Southeastern United States
- Telecommunications companies established in 1968
- American companies disestablished in 1992
- American companies established in 1968
- Telecommunications companies disestablished in 1992