Private company

SBC Long Distance

SBC Long Distance LLC is a long-distance telephone company owned by AT&T that does business as AT&T Long Distance.2 It was founded in 1996.1 It is headquartered in San Antonio.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

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SBC Long Distance LLC is a long-distance telephone company owned by AT&T that does business as AT&T Long Distance. SBC Long Distance competes with other long-distance providers who provide service within some of the Bell Operating Company service boundaries of AT&T. SBC Long Distance is a separate subsidiary than AT&T Communications, the incumbent long-distance carrier for most of the country acquired in the SBC merger with AT&T. SBC Long Distance started in 1996 as Southwestern Bell Communications Services, Inc., created as a result of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 which allowed the Baby2

Corporate structure

SBC Long Distance 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.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Timeline

  1. 1996Founded Founded1

Sources

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