Table R-1: Before and After: Bell Operating Companies (BOCs) and Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) (continued) Bell Operating Companies (Primary Regional Bell Operating Companies States of Operation), Pre-divestiture (Headquarters), Post-divestiture New England Telephone (Massachusetts, NYNEX (New York). Acquired by Bell Atlantic (August 1997); Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, now Verizon Communications. and Vermont) New York Telephone (New York) Pacific Bell (California) Pacific Telesis (California). Acquired by SBC (April 1997); now AT&T. Nevada Bell (Nevada) Southwestern Bell (Arkansas, Kansas, Southwestern Bell Corporation (Texas), then SBC Communica- Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas) tions; now AT&T (November 2005). Mountain Bell (Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, US West (Colorado). Acquired by Qwest (June 2000). Montana, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming) Northwestern Bell (Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, Nebraska, and South Dakota) Pacific Northwest Bell (Oregon and Washington) |