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BellSouth Telecommunications

Logo: Bell South, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Operating company of AT&T that serves the southeastern United States

BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC was a telecommunications company that operated in the southeastern United States. It consisted of the former operations of Southern Bell and South Central Bell and was a subsidiary of BellSouth Corporation, which was acquired by AT&T on December 29, 2006. With the merger completed, BellSouth Telecommunications began doing business as AT&T Southeast.2 It is headquartered in AT&T Midtown Center I.1 It ceased to exist in 2007.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1983Founded1
  • Industrytelecommunications1
  • HeadquartersAT&T Midtown Center I1
  • Legal formLimited Liability Company3
  • LEI549300VF4W5QL42G1P343
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
  • Registered addressC/O C T Corporation System, 30046-4805 Lawrenceville, United States3
  • Registered withGeorgia Secretary of State Corporations Division, 110510633

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BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC was a telecommunications company that operated in the southeastern United States. It consisted of the former operations of Southern Bell and South Central Bell and was a subsidiary of BellSouth Corporation, which was acquired by AT&T on December 29, 2006. With the merger completed, BellSouth Telecommunications began doing business as AT&T Southeast.2

Corporate structure

BellSouth Telecommunications is part of a group headed by AT&T. 184 entities, 16 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

BellSouth Telecommunications was formed in 1992 when BellSouth Corporation consolidated its operating companies, South Central Bell and Southern Bell, into one entity. It was a wholly-owned by BellSouth Corporation.

In 1995, South Central Bell and Southern Bell were officially dropped and only BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. was used in marketing.

On March 5, 2006, AT&T (SBC after acquiring the original AT&T) announced its intentions to acquire BellSouth Corporation, and, on December 29, 2006, BellSouth Telecommunications became an operating company of AT&T The merger also consolidated the ownership of Cingular Wireless, which became AT&T Mobility.

In 2025, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit against BellSouth, alleging that the company violated the Americans with Disabilities Act. BellSouth enforced 275-pound weight limit for its employees, intended to screen out those with Class III obesity.

From Wikipedia’s article on BellSouth Telecommunications, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Products and brands

  • plain old telephone service

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company (GLEIF)

Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.

Timeline

  1. Sep 26, 2019Parent Directly consolidated by AT&T3
  2. 2007Dissolved Dissolved1
  3. 1983Founded Founded1

Sources

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