AT&T-TCI merge starts new era.

Broadcasting & Cable, March, 1999 by Colman, Price

Telecommunications industry girds to go from regulated to market-driven venue With the closing of the AT&TTCI merger last week, the telecommunications industry gathers momentum in its move from a regulated arena to a market-driven, competitive venue. For AT&T, it's back-to-the-future time.

Once a behemoth in the local telephone business, AT&T lost its monopoly position with the 1984 court-ordered breakup of "Ma Bell." Now, with TCI's precious "last mile" connection to 11 million households, AT&T returns to its local telephone roots. In doing so, it goes up against its offspring, the so-called "Baby Bells" spun out in the breakup. AT&T wants to offer local phone service by year-end, and it has identified 10 ex-TCI cable markets where it intends...

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