A tip of the hat to Simon, long referenced as the first smartphone. It went on sale to the public on August 16, 1994 and packed a touchscreen, email capability and more, paving the way for our ...

AT&T Inc. is buying BellSouth Corp. for $67 billion in stock in a bid that further consolidates the telecommunications industry and would give AT&T total control of their growing joint venture, ...

The Federal Communications Commission unanimously approved AT&T Inc.'s $86 billion buyout of BellSouth Corp. Friday, the day after the company offered a new slate of concessions for consumers and ...

BellSouth Corp., the No. 3 U.S. regional phone company, Thursday said first-quarter profit including its Cingular Wireless joint venture rose 20 percent, boosted by cellphone and high-speed Internet ...

Ailing long-distance giant AT&T; Corp. is in preliminary talks to sell its phone business to BellSouth Corp., a move that could set the stage for the disappearance of one of this country’s most ...

CHICAGO--A decade-old bet on fiber-optic cables could end up paying big dividends for BellSouth. While other local telephone carriers waited until regulatory issues were ironed out before deploying ...

On Friday, BellSouth announced that it is teaming up with 8x8 (best known for its Packet 8 VoIP service) to provide $20 a month VoIP service. Subscribers will get free calling to anywhere in the U.S.

BellSouth Corp.'s profit increased about 25 percent in 2004, and it rewarded its senior executives with slightly decreased bonuses. According to a proxy filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange ...

BellSouth has notified the North Carolina Utilities Commission of its intent to pull the plug on Broadslate Networks, a Virginia-based Internet service provider that uses BellSouth’s network to access ...

Company's execs may not thump their chests about it, but analysts say the local phone carrier is well-positioned. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering cellphone ...