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AT&T Settles; Agrees to Breakup
January 8, 1982 The US Department of Justice and AT&T finalize a settlement under which AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions, to take effect January 1, 1984. AT&T Settles; Agrees to Breakup is original content of This Day in Tech History. This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in Tech…
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The Breakup of Ma Bell
January 1, 1984 The original American Telephone & Telegraph Company is divested of its 22 Bell System companies as a result of the settlement of the 1974 United States Department of Justice antitrust suit against AT&T. The Breakup of Ma Bell is original content of This Day in Tech History. This Day in Tech History…
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The Breakup of Microsoft … That Never Happened
June 7, 2000 United States District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson orders the breakup of Microsoft into two companies: one that will develop operating systems and one that will develop other applications. Microsoft immediately announces that it will file an appeal of the judgment. What would have been a monumental event in the history of the technology…
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AT&T Settles; Agrees to Breakup
January 8, 1982 The US Department of Justice and AT&T finalize a settlement under which AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions, to take effect January 1, 1984. The post AT&T Settles; Agrees to Breakup appeared first on This Day in Tech History. This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in…
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AT&T Settles; Agrees to Breakup
January 8, 1982 The US Department of Justice and AT&T finalize a settlement under which AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions, to take effect January 1, 1984. The post AT&T Settles; Agrees to Breakup appeared first on This Day in Tech History. This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in…