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Article: HISTORY OF AT&T
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
- Article date:
- December 11, 1988
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DRAWING - 2 AT&T BREAKUP - SOURCE: THE YANKEE GROUP & FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (AP/T. DEAN CAPLE)
THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM THE PRINTED VERSION.
See Post-Tribune microfilm for related stories also on page G1: LIFE WITHOUT MA BELL - PHONE SYSTEM THRIVES 5 YEARS AFTER BREAKUP, By Deborah Mesce, The Associated Press; NEW AGE SEEN FOR AT&T AND LONG-DISTANCE, By Deborah Mesce, The Associated Press; and TELEPHONE CARRIES FROM PAST INTO FUTURE, By Peter Coy, The Associated Press
* 1876 - Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone and files for patents hours before another inventor, Elisha Gray.
* March 3, 1885 - American Telephone & Telegraph Co. is incorporated ...