AT&T Corporation
AT&T Corporation, commonly referred to as AT&T, an abbreviation for 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.
AT&T Corporation's final logo used until the acquisition with SBC Communications. | |
AT&T Corporation's former headquarters at 550 Madison Avenue in New York City | |
| Formerly | American Telephone and Telegraph Company (1885–1994) |
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| Company type | Public |
| NYSE: T | |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Predecessor | American Bell |
| Founded | March 3, 1885 New York City, United States |
| Founders | Alexander Graham Bell Gardiner Greene Hubbard Thomas Sanders |
| Defunct | November 21, 2005 |
| Fate | Acquired by SBC Communications |
| Successor | AT&T |
| Headquarters | Dallas, Texas , United States |
Area served | United States |
Key people | David Dorman (chairman & CEO) |
| Products | |
| Parent | American Bell (1885–1899) Bell System (1899–1984) AT&T (2005) |
| Subsidiaries | AT&T Communications |
During the Bell System's long history, AT&T was at times the world's largest telephone company, the world's largest cable television operator, and a regulated monopoly. At its peak in the 1950s and 1960s, it employed one million people and its revenue ranged between US$3 billion in 1950 ($39.7 billion in present-day terms) and $12 billion in 1966 ($112 billion in present-day terms).
In 2005, AT&T was purchased by Baby Bell and former subsidiary SBC Communications for more than $16 billion ($24 billion in present-day terms). SBC then changed its name to AT&T Inc. Today, AT&T Corporation continues to exist as the long distance subsidiary of AT&T Inc. with its name occasionally showing up in AT&T press releases.