AT&T Corporation, the former American Telephone and Telegraph Company, was an American telecommunications company that provided voice, video, data and Internet services to businesses, consumers and government agencies. It was incorporated in New York on March 3, 1885 to build a nationwide long-distance telephone network. During the era of the Bell System it was at times the largest telecommunications company in the world and the largest cable television operator, as well as a regulated monopoly. In the early 1920s its radio broadcasting department started stations such as WEAF, which makes it one of the founding players of American radio. At its peak in the 1950s and 1960s it employed one million people. In 2005 it was acquired by its former subsidiary SBC Communications, which renamed itself AT&T Inc., and AT&T Corporation continued as a long-distance subsidiary until it was dissolved on May 1, 2024.
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SBC then changed its name to AT&T Inc., with AT&T Corporation continuing to exist as a long-distance calling subsidiary until its dissolution on May 1, 2024.
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AT&T Corporation, an abbreviation of its former name, the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, was an American telecommunications company that provided voice, video, data, and Internet telecommunications and professional services to businesses, consumers, and government agencies.
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AT&T Corporation, an abbreviation of its former name, the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, was an American telecommunications company that provided voice, video, data, and Internet telecommunications and professional services to businesses, consumers, and government agencies.
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The project was formally incorporated in New York as a separate company named American Telephone and Telegraph Company on March 3, 1885.
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SBC then changed its name to AT&T Inc., with AT&T Corporation continuing to exist as a long-distance calling subsidiary until its dissolution on May 1, 2024.
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In 2005, AT&T was acquired by "Baby Bell" and former subsidiary SBC Communications for more than $16 billion ($26.4 billion in present-day terms).
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SBC then changed its name to AT&T Inc., with AT&T Corporation continuing to exist as a long-distance calling subsidiary until its dissolution on May 1, 2024.
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During the Bell System, AT&T was at times the world's largest telecommunications company, the world's largest cable television operator, and a regulated monopoly.
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