South Central Bell

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South Central Bell Telephone Company

Former type	Private
Industry	Telecommunications
Fate	Merged
Predecessor(s)	Southern Bell
Successor(s)	BellSouth Telecommunications
Founded	1968 (1968)
Defunct	1992 (1992)
Headquarters	Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Area served	Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee
Parent	AT&T (1968-1983) BellSouth (1984-1992)

South Central Bell Telephone Company, headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, was the name of the Bell System's operations in Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee. South Central Bell was created in July 1968 when the Bell telephone operations in those states were split off from Southern Bell, similar to how Pacific Northwest Bell split off from Pacific Telephone & Telegraph in 1961. South Central Bell was headquartered in (what is now) the AT&T City Center building in Birmingham.

In 1984, South Central Bell became a holding of BellSouth Corporation, effectively reuniting South Central Bell with Southern Bell. The two companies were officially reunited in 1992 when Southern Bell absorbed South Central Bell as BellSouth Telecommunications. The two names were used, however, until 1995.

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Partially owned	Southern New England Telephone Cincinnati Bell

Other subsidiaries

Manufacturing	Western Electric

Research	Bell Labs

Long distance	Long Lines

Wireless	Advanced Mobile Phone Service

Historical

Commemorative	Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site Bell Homestead National Historic Site Bell Telephone Memorial Telephone Pioneers of America Spirit of Communication

Defunct	Bell Telephone Company, National Bell Telephone Company, American Bell Telephone Company New England Telephone and Telegraph Company International Bell Telephone Company The Bell Telephone Company of Canada Northern Electric Bell Telephone Manufacturing Company AT&T Technologies, Inc.

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South Central Bell

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