BellSouth
Regional phone company
BellSouth was a telecommunications company serving the southeastern United States, one of the seven regional Bell operating companies created when AT&T was broken up in 1984.
It provided local telephone service across nine states until AT&T acquired it in 2006.
The name persists in some branding and older references: My parents still had a BellSouth landline.
Telecommunications conglomerate
- telephoneVoice communication device
- landlineStationary wired telephone
- long-distanceAcross great distances
- carrierOne that transports
operator · directory · switchboard · exchange · subscriber · caller-ID · toll-free · rotary
Corporate combination
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- monopolyOne seller, no substitutes
- deregulationRemoving governmental business restrictions
- subsidiaryOf lesser importance
stock · dividend · headquarters · Atlanta · franchise · regulation · FCC · antitrust
Interconnected system
- DSLTelephone-line broadband service
- broadbandFast internet access
- fiber-opticLight-carrying cable technology
- cableHeavy-duty woven line
modem · router · switching · telecommunications · connectivity · dial-up · ISP · wireless
AT&T
Telecommunications conglomerate
- telephoneVoice communication device
- landlineStationary wired telephone
- long-distanceAcross great distances
carrier · operator · directory · switchboard · exchange · subscriber · caller-ID · toll-free · rotary · touch-tone
merger
Corporate combination
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- monopolyOne seller, no substitutes
- deregulationRemoving governmental business restrictions
subsidiary · stock · dividend · headquarters · Atlanta · franchise · regulation · FCC · antitrust · divestiture
network
Interconnected system
- DSLTelephone-line broadband service
- broadbandFast internet access
- fiber-opticLight-carrying cable technology
cable · modem · router · switching · telecommunications · connectivity · dial-up · ISP · wireless · cellular
BellSouthComcast
Telecommunications and cable conglomerate
cable provider · Cablevision · DirecTV · Dish Network · satellite provider
bell, bells, southwest, southeast, Southern, southward, Bell, southerner, southwards