Acquisition
On March 5, 2006, AT&T (SBC after acquiring the original AT&T) announced its intentions to acquire BellSouth Corporation, and on December 29, 2006 BellSouth Telecommunications became an operating company of AT&T The merger also consolidated the ownership of Cingular Wireless, which became AT&T Mobility.
BellSouth Telecommunications ceased doing business under the BellSouth name on June 30, 2007. It now does business under the following names:
- AT&T Alabama
- AT&T Florida
- AT&T Georgia
- AT&T Kentucky
- AT&T Louisiana
- AT&T Mississippi
- AT&T North Carolina
- AT&T South Carolina
- AT&T Southeast
- AT&T Tennessee
On July 1, 2011, BellSouth Telecommunications was converted into a limited liability company, becoming known as BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC.
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