- Wisconsin Bell
Infobox Company
company_name = Wisconsin Bell, Inc.
company_
vector_
company_type = Private (Subsidiary ofAT&T )
genre =
foundation = 1882
founder =
location_city = Milwaukee, WI
location_country = USA
location =
origins =
key_people = Scott VanderSanden, President
area_served = Wisconsin
industry = Telecommunications
products = POTS,DSL ,U-Verse (FTTN )
revenue =
operating_income =
net_income =
num_employees = 5,000 (2006)
parent = AT&T (1882-1983)Ameritech (1984-1999)
SBC/AT&T (1999-present)
dba = AT&T Wisconsin
fka = Wisconsin Telephone Co. (1882-1984)
subsid =
owner =
company_slogan =
homepage = [http://www.att.com www.att.com]
footnotes =Wisconsin Bell, Inc. (known as Wisconsin Telephone Co. before 1984) is the name of the
Bell Operating Company servingWisconsin . They were a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T Inc..Their headquarters is at 722 North Broadway,
Milwaukee , WI. After the 1984Bell System Divestiture , Wisconsin Bell became a part ofAmeritech , one of the 7 original Bell Regional Holding Companies. The Wisconsin Bell name continued to be used until January, 1993, when they dropped all of their individual Bell Operating Company names in favor of using their corporate name, Ameritech, for marketing purposes.In 1998,
Ameritech sold 19 Wisconsin Bell exchanges, primarily located in central and northernWisconsin , toCenturyTel .After being held by
AT&T (pre-1984),Ameritech , and SBC, as of 2005, they are now part of the "new" AT&T.ee also
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