Southern New England Telecommunications
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Company type | Subsidiary[1] |
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Industry | Telecommunications |
Founded | 1986; 38 years ago (1986) |
Defunct | 2006 |
Successor | AT&T Teleholdings Frontier Communications of Connecticut |
Headquarters | New Haven, Connecticut, United States |
Products | Local Telephone Service |
Parent | AT&T (1998–2006) |
Southern New England Telecommunications Corporation (SNET) started operations in 1986 as the holding company for The Southern New England Telephone Company. Prior to 1986, The Southern New England Telephone Company had been a minority holding of AT&T until February 1986, when AT&T withdrew its 23% holding. SNET then became its own company, operating a telecommunications sales division, Sonecor Systems Division, which began operations on January 1, 1983, and sold equipment in competition with AT&T before the Bell System divestiture. SNET also operated SNET America, which sold long-distance services to Southern New England Telephone customers within Connecticut.
Under threats of a hostile takeover, Southern New England Telephone underwent a restructuring in 1986, creating Southern New England Telecommunications as the holding company of SNET and its related businesses.
Southern New England Telecommunications was acquired by SBC Communications in 1998.
SNET Corporation was merged into AT&T Teleholdings, formerly Ameritech, in 2006 and ceased to exist.
Sale of former assets
On December 17, 2013, AT&T announced plans to sell the former subsidiaries of SNET, The Southern New England Telephone Company and long-distance subsidiary SNET America, to Frontier Communications for $2 billion. The transaction closed on October 25, 2014.[2]
References
Further reading
- Benson, Jr., Reuel A., The First Century of the Telephone in Connecticut. Southern New England Telephone, New Haven, Connecticut, 1978.
- White, James A., and Paul Ingrassia. "AT&T Break-up Gives Two Mavericks an Opportunity to Compete in New Fields." Wall Street Journal, April 10, 1982.
- "The Brassiest Bell Company." Business Week, March 14, 1983.
- Sanger, Elizabeth, "Eat Well or Sleep Well?" Barron's, October 10, 1983.
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