Ohio Bell

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The Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Type of Company	Holding of AT&T
Founded	September, 1922
Headquarters	Cleveland, OH, USA
Industry	Telecommunications
Products	Local Telephone Service
Website	www.ohiobell.com

The Ohio Bell Telephone Company is the Bell Operating Company serving most of Ohio. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T Inc..

Their headquarters are the Ohio Bell Building at 750 Huron Road, Cleveland, OH. Cincinnati Bell serves Cincinnati and surrounding communities. After the 1984 Bell System Divestiture, Ohio Bell became a part of Ameritech, one of the 7 original Regional Holding Companies. The Ohio Bell name continued to be used until January 1993, when Ameritech dropped all of their individual Bell Operating Company names in favor of using the corporate name for marketing purposes. In 2002, SBC dropped the Ameritech name in favor of "SBC" as a national brand. Ohio Bell still exists as The Ohio Bell Telephone Company d/b/a AT&T Ohio.

On January 15, 2006, Ohio Bell's legal name was changed to The Ohio Bell Telephone Company d/b/a AT&T Ohio.

After being held by AT&T (pre-1984), Ameritech, and SBC, as of 2005, they are now part of the "new" AT&T.