AT&T monopoly broken up
United States
Antitrust Action
Corporate Restructuring
Regulatory Change
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In 1982, U.S. regulators broke up the AT&T monopoly, requiring AT&T to divest its local subsidiaries, which were grouped into seven individual companies known as Regional Bell Operating Companies or Baby Bells.
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