Ameritech

AT&T Teleholdings, Inc., formerly known as Ameritech Corporation (and before that American Information Technologies Corporation), is an American telecommunications company that arose out of the 1984 AT&T divestiture. Ameritech was one of the seven Regional Bell Operating Companies that was created following the breakup of the Bell System. Ameritech was acquired in 1999 by SBC Communications, which subsequently acquired AT&T Corporation in 2006, becoming the present-day AT&T.

AT&T Teleholdings, Inc.
Trade name
Ameritech
FormerlyAmerican Information Technologies Corporation
Ameritech Corporation
SBC Teleholdings, Inc.
Company typeSubsidiary
Traded as
NYSE: AIT
IndustryTelecommunications
PredecessorAmerican Telephone and Telegraph Company
Founded1983 (1983)
Defunct2002 (2002)
FateMerged with SBC Communications
SuccessorSBC Communications Inc.
Headquarters,
United States
ProductsTelephone, Internet, Television
ParentAT&T Corporation (1983)
SBC/AT&T Inc. (1999–2002)
SubsidiariesIllinois Bell
Indiana Bell
Michigan Bell
Ohio Bell
Pacific Bell
Wisconsin Bell
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