Why did AT&T merge BellSouth?

The AT&T/BellSouth merger is simply the latest indication of the irrelevance of antitrust in a rapidly changing global competitive environment . In telecommunications, the changes in competition have come from an explosion in technology and at least partial freedom from the suffocating embrace of government regulation.

BellSouth Telecommunications ceased doing business under the BellSouth name on June 30, 2007 . It now does business under the following names: AT&T Alabama. AT&T Florida.

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On March 5, 2006, AT&T Inc. announced its historic agreement to acquire BellSouth Corp. After the closing of the acquisition, BellSouth became a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T Inc . The acquisition was completed on December 29, 2006.