AT&T lives. While the company itself is about to be swallowed up by a one-time subsidiary, the AT&T name, long synonymous with phone service in the U.S., will survive. SBC Communications, which is on ...

SBC Communications’ acquisition of AT&T, announced Monday, signals a new era for telecommunications, with converged communications services to come from what will be the largest company of its kind in ...

DALLAS - SBC Communications has agreed to buy former parent AT&T Corp. for $16 billion, creating one of the nation's largest telecommunications companies and ending the independent run of a company ...

On Monday, SBC, the San Antonio, Texas-based incumbent local exchange carrier operating in 13 states, agreed to buy AT&T for $16 billion, a deal that will create one of the nation's largest ...

What’s the impact of the SBC/AT&T merger on each carrier’s vendors? Investment firms report that the combination could be beneficial for Adtran, Ciena and Sonus, neutral for Cisco and Juniper, and ...

SBC Communications said today it will take over its former parent company, AT&T, in a stock-and-cash deal worth around US$16 billion, a blockbuster takeover that marks just the latest major shift in a ...

SBC Communications Inc. completed its purchase of former parent AT&T Corp. on Friday after California officials removed the final regulatory hurdle for the $16 billion deal. The California Public ...

AT&T Inc., the company set to burst forth from the merger of SBC Communications Inc. and AT&T Corp., will be led mostly by long-time SBC executives, according to a management lineup announced Thursday ...

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- SBC Communications Inc. said it'll adopt the AT&T name when the companies' merger completes. "The AT&T name has a proud and storied heritage, as well as unparalleled ...

SBC Communications is expected to acquire long-distance carrier AT&T, creating the largest telecommunications company in the United States. Larry Mantle talks with Steve Rosenbush of Business Week ...

* SBC to take on AT&T name * SBC CTO says IPTV is on track * Qwest to turn up WiMAX, consumer VoIP * Microsoft to retire Exchange Server 5.5 by year's end * Level 3 unloads outsourcing arm * Today on ...

Given the level of outcry over the United States’ global rank of 13th in terms of overall broadband penetration, you would think SBC’s move to acquire troubled AT&T would be greeted as a positive step ...