Date: April 11, 1984 Creator: Gilroy, Angele A Description: On
January 1, 1984, The American Telephone and Telegraph Company
(AT&T) divested itself of a major portion of its organizational
structure and functions. Under the post-divestiture environment
the once fully-integrated Bell System is now reorganized into
the "new" AT&T and seven Ladependent regional holding companies
-- American Information Technologies Corp., 3ell Atlantic Corp.,
3ell- South Corp., NYNEX Corp., Pacific Telesis Group.,
Southwestern Bell Corp., and U.S. West, Inc. The following
analysis provides an overview of the pre- and post-divestiture
organizational structure and details the evolution of the
antitrust action which resulted in this divestiture.
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