AT&T
The AT+T Corporation, formerly known as The American Telephone and
Telegraph Company, was incorporated on March 3, 1885 in New York as a wholly
owned subsidiary of The American Bell Telephone Company. Its original purpose
was to manage and expand the burgeoning toll (long distance) business of
American Bell and its licensees. It continued as the long distance company
until December 30, 1899 when it assumed the business and property of American
Bell and became the parent company of the Bell System. For most of its history,
the company functioned as a legally sanctioned, regulated monopoly. No
competition was apparent until the 1970's. Since the break up in 1984, AT+T has
become the largest telecommunications company in the United States, and a world
wide leader in communications services. Its main businesses include long
distance services, AT+T Wireless Services, AT+T World Net services, AT+T
Solutions consulting services and the AT+T Universal Card. AT+T has a very
strong global presence tha t dates back to 1882 when it opened a plant in
Antwerp ,Belgium. AT+T has approximately 51,000 employees based outside of the
United States.In 1994, International revenues alone were 25 percent. You can
see why AT+T has a presence in nearly 100 countries around the world, and does
business in about 200 countries. In the last fifteen months AT+T has split into
three separate companies. They are AT+T, a global communications company;
Lucent Technologies, a technological company; NCR Corporation, a computer
company. The new AT+T is committed to making the most of its leadership
position in the dynamic global market for communications and information
services. ...