Private company

Pacific Bell

Logo: AT&T, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Telephone company in California

The Pacific Bell Telephone Company (Pac Bell) doing business as AT&T California is a telephone company that provides telephone service in California. The company is owned by AT&T through AT&T Teleholdings, and, though separate, is now marketed as “AT&T”.2 It is headquartered in 140 New Montgomery.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1906Founded1
  • Industrytelecommunications industry1
  • Headquarters140 New Montgomery1

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The Pacific Bell Telephone Company (Pac Bell) doing business as AT&T California is a telephone company that provides telephone service in California. The company is owned by AT&T through AT&T Teleholdings, and, though separate, is now marketed as “AT&T”.2

Products and brands

  • plain old telephone service

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

Former owners and parents

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1984Acquired Acquired by Pacific Telesis1
  2. 1906Acquired Acquired by AT&T Corporation1
  3. 1906Founded Founded1

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