Telecom Mergers (1996-2001)

Successes and Failures of the 1996 Telecommunications Act

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