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单词 baby bell
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Baby Bell


Baby Bell

n. Any of the regional telephone companies created in 1984 when AT&T was ordered to divest itself of its local telephone service operations.
[From (Ma) Bell, nickname for Bell Telephone Company, after Alexander Graham Bell.]
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Baby Bell


Baby Bell

Any of seven telecommunications companies that were formed from AT&T after its antitrust break-up in 1984. In that year, AT&T was determined to be so large that it violated antitrust law in the United States and it was forced to spin off seven subsidiaries, which became known as the baby bells. Few of the baby bells still exist as independent companies, as most have gone through a series of mergers and acquisitions in the years since.

Baby Bell

One of several integrated-communications providers that were formerly part of AT&T but became independent in 1984 following AT&T's court-ordered divestiture. The seven original Baby Bells were once operating subsidiaries of AT&T that provided local and intrastate long-distance service.
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