Successes and Failures of the 1996 Telecommunications Act
Contents
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Afterword
Appendix
Telecom Mergers (1996-2001)
| Company |
Purchase |
Merger Date |
| Voice Stream |
Deutsche Telekom |
April-01 |
| Global Crossing |
Citizens |
April-01 |
| Qwest Comm. |
U. S. West |
March-00 |
| ALLTEL |
Aliant |
June-99 |
| SBC |
Comcast Cellular |
Jan-99 |
| Vodafone |
Airtouch |
Jan-99 |
| Alltel |
Aliant |
Dec-98 |
| AT& T |
IBM's Global Network Operations |
Dec-98 |
| AOL |
Netscape |
Dec-98 |
| Teleglobe |
Excel Communications |
Nov-98 |
| AT&T |
Vanguard Cellular |
Oct-98 |
| Northern Telecom |
Bay Networks |
Oct-98 |
| SBC |
SNET |
Oct-98 |
| WorldCom |
MCI |
Sep-98 |
| British Telecom |
Concert Comm. (MCI's stake) |
Aug-98 |
| GTE |
Puerto Rico Telephone |
Aug-98 |
| Jacor Comm. |
Nationwide Communications |
Aug-98 |
| Alltel |
360 Degrees |
Jul-98 |
| AT&T |
TCI |
Jul-98 |
| Bell Atlantic |
GTE |
Jul-98 |
| Dobson Comm. |
Sygnet Wireless |
Jul-98 |
| MCI |
Embratel (Brazilian long distance) |
Jul-98 |
| Cable & Wireless |
MCI's Internet business |
Jun-98 |
| SBC |
Ameritech |
May-98 |
| PriCellular Corp. |
American Cellular |
Mar-98 |
| AT& T |
Teleport |
Jan-98 |
| WorldCom |
Brooks Fiber Properties |
Jan-98 |
| WorldCom |
Compuserve |
Jan-98 |
| Century Telephone |
PacifiCorp |
Dec-97 |
| CUC International |
HFS (become Cendant Corp) |
Dec-97 |
| Ameritech |
Republic Industries |
Sep-97 |
| Bell Atlantic |
NYNEX |
Aug-97 |
| GTE |
BBN |
Aug-97 |
| Lucent |
Octel |
Jul-97 |
| Excel Comm. |
Telco Communications Group |
Jun-97 |
| Blackstone Capital |
CommNet Cellular |
May-97 |
| SBC |
Pacific Telesis |
Apr-97 |
| Hewlett-Packard |
Verifone |
Apr-97 |
| AirTouch |
Cellular Communications |
Apr-97 |
| WorldCom |
MFS Communications |
Dec-96 |
| US WEST |
Continental Cablevision |
Nov-96 |
| MFS |
UUNET |
Aug-96 |
