trading name at & t long distance type holding of at & t industry telecommunications founded 1996 headquarters san antonio texas usa website at & t long distance sbc long distance llc 1 2 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 baby bells to compete for telephone service . in 2002 swb long distance was renamed sbc long distance as part of sbc s brand unification among its companies . in 2005 sbc purchased at & t and changed its name to at & t. on april 1 2006 sbc long distance began doing business as at & t long distance . sbc long distance provides competitive long distance service within the bell operating company regions of illinois bell indiana bell michigan bell nevada bell ohio bell pacific bell southwestern bell and wisconsin bell . sbc long distance does not provide service for bellsouth telecommunications customers who are served by bellsouth long distance nor does it provide service to snet customers who are served by snet america . sbc did not maintain an actual long distance network and instead relies on a smaller telecommunications company level 3 communications to provide service . sbc initially created the agreement with level 3 communications predecessor company williams communication in 1999 3 and soon begin to provide long distance service to sbc s wireless subsidiary cellular one sbc wireless and ameritech cellular until sbc long distance became fully developed . contents 1 future 2 see also 3 references 4 external links future edit on june 15 2005 sbc and wiltel new name of williams communications announced an agreement on altering the two companies agreement . in this new agreement wiltel will help sbc transition off its network to the soon to be acquired at & t s legacy networks . 4 it is still uncertain if at & t expects incorporate sbc long distance into at & t communications a complete long distance operator . since at & t long distance provides only csm billing and may only need to tap into at & t communications network resources . see also edit at & t long lines references edit missouri secretary of state missouri secretary of state williams communications forms unique alliance with sbc to transport long distance voice data traffic ; sbc equity investment underscores williams communications network and solutions strategy court docket on sbc wiltel agreement amendend external links edit at & t long distance v t e at & t corporate directors chairman ceo and president randall l. stephenson gil amelio august busch iii martin k. eby jr. james a. henderson charles f. knight lynn morley martin john b. mccoy mary s. metz toni rembe s. donley ritchey joyce m. roche laura tyson patricia p. upton acquired companies at & t corporation ameritech bellsouth directv pacific telesis southern new england telecommunications at & t mexico unef n bell operating companies bellsouth telecommunications illinois bell indiana bell michigan bell nevada bell ohio bell pacific bell southwestern bell wisconsin bell competitive local exchange carrier sbc telecom long distance services alascom at & t corporation bellsouth long distance sbc long distance at & t mobility alltel ameritech cellular at & t wireless services bellsouth mobility bellsouth mobility dcs centennial wireless dobson communications houston cellular pacific bell wireless pacific bell wireless northwest sbc wireless snet mobility southwestern bell mobile systems southwestern bell wireless internet services ip services voip iptv u verse at & t internet services ameritech interactive media services pacific bell internet services prodigy southwestern bell internet services other isps at & t business internet bellsouth fastaccess dsl directories anywho.com yellowpages.com television channels at & t sports networks root sports northwest 40 % pittsburgh rocky mountain southwest utah other game show network 42 % mlb network 16.67 % audience telephone directories yp holdings 47 % at & t intellectual property at & t intellectual property i at & t intellectual property ii at & t intellectual property marketing at & t properties ameritech properties research and development at & t labs retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sbc long distance & oldid 743663097 categories at & tcompanies based in san antoniohidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 16 41 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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