Seven regional telephone companies were created by the AT divestiture: Nynex, Bell Atlantic, Bell South, Southwestern Bell, US West, Pacific Telesis, and Ameritech.

See Regional Bell Operating Company.

Regional Bell Operating Company. The acronym for the local telephone companies created by the Modified Final Judgment in 1984 as part of the break-up of AT&T. The original seven RBOCs were Ameritech, Bell Atlantic, Bell South, Nynex, Pacific Telesis Group, Southwestern Bell, and US West.

Regional Bell Operating Company. A company, created as a result of the 1984 court-ordered breakup of AT&T, that acquired the assets of AT&T's local telephone service network in order to offer such service independently of AT&T's national long distance telephone service. Indiana Bell Telephone Company and its successive "parent" companies, Ameritech and SBC, are RBOCs.

Regional Bell Operating Company. Seven RBOC's exist, each of which owns two or more Bell Operating Companies (BOC's). The RBOC's were carved out of the old AT&T/Bell System during the divestiture of the Bell operating companies from AT&T in 1984.

Regional Bell Operating Company. One of the seven corporations formed when divestiture occurred and that comprise the 22 Bell Operating Companies.

or Regional Holding Company - one of the seven regional companies formed by the AT&T divesture (Ameritech, Bell Atlantic, BellSouth, NYNEX, Pacific Telesis, Southwestern Bell and U.S. West. The BOCs (Bell Operating Companies) are grouped under the seven regional holding companies.

Regional Bell operating company. Seven regional telephone companies formed by the breakup of AT&T.

A term for the seven regional holding companies created when AT&T divested the Bell operating companies.

(Regional Bell Operating Company) In the United States, regional telephone companies provide the telephone service. Each company, called a Regional Bell Operating Company (RBOC) serves a specific area. These companies are Ameritech, Bell Atlantic, Bell South, NYNEX, Pacific Telesis, SBC (Southwestern Bell), and U.S. West. The RBOCs were created as a result of the historic breakup of AT&T's monopoly, however, these days, they're anything but local. Thanks to the change of regulations in 1996, they're getting into the markets once reserved for cable-TV providers and long-distance companies like, you guessed it, AT&T. Another term for RBOCs is local exchange carrier (LEC).

Regional Bell Operating Company. There are seven RBOCs, or local phone companies, throughout the U.S. that provide local telephone service and exchange calls with the IXCs (long distance carriers).

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Regional Bell Operating Company. One of the seven holding companies formed by divestiture by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company of its local Bell System operating companies, and to which one or more of the Bell System local telephone companies were assigned.

Regional Bell Operating Company; controls a grouping of local exchange carriers.

Regional Bell Operating Company - a provider of local telephone service such as U.S. West or Bell Atlantic.

Regional bell operating company. There are 4 RBOC’s in the U.S. today (Verizon, Qwest, SBC, and BellSouth).

Regional Bell Operating Company. One of seven companies that oversee the Bell operating companies. They are Ameritech, Bell Atlantic, BellSouth, NYNEX, Pacific Telesis, Southwestern Bell and US West.

An RBOC (Regional Bell Operating Company) refers to any one of the seven independent Bell operating companies that were created as a result of the breakup of AT&T in 1984.

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(Regional Bell Operating Company): The regional telephone companies that were created by the AT & T divestiture.

Regional Bell Operating Company. One of seven telephone companies created after the AT&T divestiture in 1984. Also sometimes called Regional Bell Holding Companies. RBOC is pronounced ("R"-bock").

Regional Bell Operating Companies. BellSouth is South Florida's RBOC.

Regional Bell Operating Company (USA)

Regional Bell Operating Companies. The five companies created after the breakup of AT?, Bell Atlantic, Bell South, Ameritech, Southwestern Bell and US West.

Regional Bell Operating Company. The seven local telephone companies created in 1984 as part of the breakup of AT&T. Today, the RBOCs are: BellSouth, Qwest, SBC Communications and Verizon.

RBOC stands for Regional Bell Operating Company. The companies (the Baby Bells) are the seven regional telephone companies that were spun off as part of the AT&T divestiture in 1984. Examples of a RBOC are Bell Atlantic, Bell Northern, Pacific Bell, US West, Nynex.

When AT&T divested itself of the Bell operating companies, the court divided the twenty-two (22) operating companies into seven (7), similar sized regional operating companies. (now also called a Regional Holding Company [RHC]).

Regional Bell Operating Company or "Baby" Bell.

AT&T's divested "baby bells," now consisting of Verizon, Qwest, SBC and Bell South.

Regional Bell Operating Company. One of the seven holding companies (BellSouth, US West, Bell Atlantic, Ameritech, Nynex, Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell, GTE) set up at the divestiture of AT&T on January 1, 1984. Your local telephone company ( LEC) unless you are using a Competitive Access Provider (CAP) or another Local Service Provider (LSP) unrelated to a RBOC. [Back to Glossary Table of Contents

Regional Bell Operating Company, of which there are five: Ameritech, Bell Atlantic, BellSouth, SBC Communications and U S West.

Regional Bell Operating Company. One of the original seven local telephone companies created as part of the breakup of AT&T. The RBOCs include: Ameritech, Bell Atlantic, Bell South, NYNEX, Pacific Telesis Group, Southwestern Bell, and US West.

One of the seven Bell operating companies set up after the divestiture of AT&T, each of which own two or more Bell Operating Companies (BOCs).

Regional Bell Operating Company. Corporate entities that emerged from the breakup of the AT&T monopoly to own local telephone service in designated geographic regions in the U.S.

Regional Bell Operating Company. These are the companies that were formed following the Bell Telephone breakup (Baby Bells). These are also the companies you will need to contact regarding establishing an ISDN connection.

Regional Bell Operating Company. The seven "Baby Bells" created as part of the AT&T consent decree. While RBOCs are incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs), not all ILECs are RBOCs.

Pronounced "are-bock," this refers to a Regional Bell Operating Company. Also referred to as the "Baby Bells," the RBOCs were formed by the breakup of AT&T. For example, Southwestern Bell is an RBOC.

Regional Bell Operating Company. The seven holding companies into which the 22 Bell System local telephone companies were assigned at divestiture: Pacific Telesis, U.S. West, Southwestern Bell Corp., Ameritech, BellSouth, Bell Atlantic, NYNEX.

One of seven regional companies created by the AT&T divestiture to take over ownership and operation of the Bell companies within their region.

Regional Bell Operating Company: Seven companies formed to manage the local exchanges originally owned by AT&T. These companies were created as a result of an agreement between AT&T and the United States Department of Justice.

Regional Bell operating company -- the regional local-service telecom firms AT&T was broken up into in 1984. They were were Ameritech, Bell Atlantic, BellSouth, NYNEX, Pacific Telesys, SBC Corp and USWest. AT&T remained as a long distance service firm. SBC soon bought Pacific Telesys and Ameritech. USWest became Quest. Bell Atlantic and NYNEX merged to become Verizon. More recently SBC bought AT&T Long Distance and the AT&T name. SBC and BellSouth joined their wireless operations into Cingular and the latter firm bought AT&T Wireless though SBC retained rights to the name. As of October 2006 the RBOCs are BellSouth, Broadwing, Qwest, SBC and Verizon. These firms are also called ILECs.

(Regional Bell Operating Company) A term used to refer to one of the large LECs formed after the break-up of AT&T in 1984. Also referred to as a 'baby Bell'.

RBOC (regional Bell operating company) is a term describing one of the U.S. regional telephone companies (or their successors) that were created as a result of the breakup of American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T, known also as the Bell System or "Ma Bell") by a U.S. Federal Court consent decree on December 31, 1983.

Regional Bell Operating Company. The "Baby Bells". The U.S. phone companies that have had a state sponsored monopoly since the break up of AT&T.

Regional Bell Operating Company. In December of 1983 a federal judge ordered AT&T to divide their 22 telephone companies into seven regional operating companies. The United States Department of Justice placed several restrictions on the RBOCs: they were not allowed to provide long distance, equipment manufacturing, or information services.

Regional Bell Operating Company. Any of the seven companies that formed after the breakup of AT&T.

Regional Bell Operating Company. One of the seven local telephone companies formed upon the divestiture of AT&T in 1984. The seven are: Verizon, Bell Atlantic, BellSouth, Southwestern Bell, U S WEST, Ameritech, and Pacific Telesis.

Regional Bell Operating Company, like GTE, AllNet, etc.

Regional Bell Operating Company. Local or regional telephone company that owns and operates telephone lines and switches in one of seven U.S. regions. The RBOCs were created by the divestiture of AT&T. Also called Bell Operating Company (BOC).

Regional Bell operating company. A term often used in reference to regional telecommunications providers (also sometimes called "telcos") such as SBC and Verizon, firms originally formed with the 1980s dissolution of AT&T's local-phone business and for a time referred to as "Baby Bells."

Regional Bell Operating Company - Refers to any of the “Ma Bell” local exchange carriers, such as SBC and Verizon.

Regional Bell Operating Company is one of the companies formed when AT&T got out of the local telephone business. These are traditional local phone companies.

Regional Bell Operating Company. There are seven: Pacific Telesis, US West, Southwestern Bell, Ameritech, Nynex, Bell Atlantic and Bell South. ie. baby bells

Regional Bell Operating Company. Regional companies formed after the divestiture of AT&T in 1984. At the time of the divestiture, there were seven companies, but now that number has been reduced to four. In today's competitive environment, they are typically referred to as Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (ILECs).

Regional Bell Operating Company. A term describing one of the U.S. regional telephone companies (or their successors) that were created as a result of 1984 breakup of the Bell System which comprised the arm of AT&T providing local telephone services. Each company was given the right to provide local phone service while AT&T was allowed to retain its long-distance service. RBOCs are part of the class of local exchange carriers (LECs).

Regional Bell Operating Company. Bell operating companies set up after the AT&T divestiture.

Regional Bell Operating Company. The regional telephone companies that resulted from the break-up of AT&T. The RBOCs are the highest-visibility ILECs.

Regional Bell Operating Company- one of the 7 regional phone companies from the breakup of AT&T.

Regional Bell Operating Company, a provider of local telephone service such as Pacific Bell or General Telephone.

Regional Bell Operating Company. See BOC.

These are the companies that formerly made up the Bell system of wireline telephone companies.

One of several independent telephone companies created from the break-up of AT&T.

Regional Bell Operating Company. Local or regional telco in one of seven regions of the U.S.A. formed by the divestiture of AT&T. Also known as Bell Operating Company (BOC) or, colloquially, as Baby Bells.

Regional Bell Operating Company. RBOC comprises the U.S. local carriers created in the 1982 Consent Degree to break up AT&T. Seven were formed to serve as parent companies for the 22 then-existing Bell Operating Companies.

Regional Bell Operating Company One of the seven "Baby Bell" Companies created by the 1982 Modified Final Judgment that specified the terms of the AT&T Divestiture. The seven RHCs include: NYNEX, Bell Atlantic, Bell South, Southwestern Bell, U.S. West, Pacific Telesis, and Ameritech. RBOC" is sometimes used informally to refer to the Regional Holding Companies defined in the 1982 MFJ. (See Bell Operating Companies – These are 19 BOCs).

Regional Bell Operating Company - One of the seven U.S. telephone companies that resulted from the break up of AT&T. In Illinois, Illinois Bell (now Ameritech/SBC) is the RBOC.

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(Pronounced "are-bock") Regional Bell operating company. Regional telephone companies formed as a result of the divestiture of the Bell System.