Historical Phone Company Financials
The companies listed on this site were either owned or associated with the American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T), or better known as the Bell System. Also listed are GTE (General Telephone & Electronics Corporation) Annual Reports, though not part of the Bell System, GTE was the largest independent non-Bell Telephone Company in America, and merged with Bell Atlantic in 2000 to form Verizon Communications.
Exact historical time lines on how these various enterprises are associated are located throughout this site, however, a general timeline is provided for your convenience.
This site offers one of the most complete historical archives available for American and Canadian telephone company annual reports.
Historical Dividend Data: (click link below)
1956
As a result of a 1949 U.S. Department of Justice antitrust suit against AT&T, the company is ordered to divest all international operations, and is not allowed to market computer technology and must focus only on the national phone network. AT&T is still allowed to retain ownership in Bell Telephone Company of Canada, however AT&T’s Western Electric unit is forced to sell the stake held in Northern Electric (later to become Nortel), to Bell Telephone of Canada. AT&T is also no longer permitted to purchase any new shares in Bell Telephone Company of Canada.
1975 Termination of AT&T’s service agreement with Bell Canada, and to the subsequent relationship between the two companies.
1976 Northern Electric changes its name to Northern Telecom.
1982 AT&T agrees to divest itself of their 22 Bell Operating Companies (BOC), and retain long distance, research and manufacturing.
1983 AT&T reorganizes the 22 BOC’s into seven holding companies; USWest, NYNEX, Pacific Telesis, Ameritech, Bell Atlantic, BellSouth, Southwestern Bell (Later to become SBC Communications). AT&T itself will keep Bell Laboratories, Western Electric and Long Lines.
1984 The BOC’s are broken off from AT&T and are now independent.
1990 AT&T officially changes its legal name from American Telephone & Telegraph Company to AT&T Corporation, reflecting the change in telecommunications.
1991 AT&T purchases NCR Corp.
1994 AT&T purchases McCaw Cellular, and enters the wireless market as AT&T Wireless.
1995 AT&T Announces that will split into three distinct businesses: AT&T, a communications company; Lucent Technologies, former Western Electric and AT&T Network Systems business; and the NCR computer business. By 1996, all businesses are independent of each other.
1996 Bell Atlantic merges with NYNEX, and NYNEX name is dropped.
1997 Pacific Telesis is acquired by SBC Communications.
1998 Ameritech is acquired by SBC Communications.
1998 Northern Telecom changes its name to Nortel Networks.
1999 AT&T Corporation acquires assets of Tele-Communications, Inc. (TCI), and renames business new business unit AT&T Broadband LLC.
2000 Bell Atlantic merges with non-Bell company GTE, and the combined company is called Verizon Communications.
2000 USWest is acquired by Qwest Communications.
2000 Lucent Technologies spins off their Business Communications and connectivity solutions unit, creating Avaya; the Microelectronics Group, renamed agere; and sells off the Consumer Products Group to VTECH Holdings, which assumes the exclusive rights to use the AT&T name on consumer phone products.
2000 Cingular Wireless is founded by SBC Communications and BellSouth, with SBC controlling 60% and BellSouth the remaining 40% of the venture.
2000 AT&T Wireless becomes a separate company from AT&T Corporation, but still retains the AT&T name under licensing agreement with AT&T Corporation.
2001 AT&T Broadband and Comcast Corporation merge, creating AT&T Comcast Corporation.
2004 Cingular Wireless acquires AT&T Wireless, and the combined company takes on the Cingular name.
2005 SBC Communications acquires AT&T Corporation, and becomes the “New” AT&T (at&t), which is really SBC Communications, and is now AT&T, Inc. AT&T Corporation, (the original AT&T, or within AT&T is called “legacy AT&T”), still exists, as a subsidiary.
2006 Lucent Technologies merges with Alcatel.
2006 Agere is acquired by LSI Corporation.
2006 Verizon acquires MCI Inc.
2006 SBC Communications acquires BellSouth, and consolidates the Cingular and yellowpages.com venture under the AT&T (at&t) name.
2007 Avaya is acquired by TPG Capital and Silver Lake Partners.
2009 Nortel Networks files for protection from their creditors, and is divesting the entire business. Avaya purchases Nortel Enterprise Solutions.
2011 Qwest Communications acquired by CenturyLink.
2011 AT&T to Acquire T-Mobile USA From Deutsche Telekom. (Rejected by DOJ)
2011 Avaya announces they will become a publicly traded company again.
2012 AT&T sells Yellow Pages business to Cerberus
2013 AT&T acquires Leap Wireless (Cricket).
2014 AT&T acquires lusacell (Mexico).
2015 AT&T acquires Nextel Mexico.
2015 AT&T acquires DirecTV.
2015 Verizon acquires AOL.
2016 CenturyLink acquires Level 3 Communications, Inc..
2017 Verizon acquires YAHOO!
2017 Verizon acquires merges YAHOO! and AOL to create new subsidiary called Oath Inc.
2017 Verizon replaces the oath brand with Verizon Media
2018 AT&T acquires AppNexus Inc. (Merged with Xandr, Inc. business unit)
2018 AT&T acquires Time Warner, Inc. (Renames unit Warner Media, LLC)
2020 CenturyLink changes name of company to Lumen Technologies, Inc.
2021 Verizon sells Verizon Media to Apollo Global Management.
2021 AT&T & TPG Close DIRECTV Transaction.
2020 Apollo Global Management acquires Lumen Technologies incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) operations in 20 states.
2022 AT&T spins off Warner Media, LLC and merges with Discover, Inc. to become Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.
1881 The American Bell Telephone Company Annual Report
1881 The American Bell Telephone Company Annual Report (Copy of Original Manuscript)
1882 The American Bell Telephone Company Annual Report
1883 The American Bell Telephone Company Annual Report
1884 The American Bell Telephone Company Annual Report (March 25, 1884)
1884 The American Bell Telephone Company Annual Report (December 31, 1884)
1885 The American Bell Telephone Company Annual Report
1886 The American Bell Telephone Company Annual Report
1887 The American Bell Telephone Company Annual Report
1888 The American Bell Telephone Company Annual Report (Missing from Archives)
1893 American Telephone & Telegraph Company, Lines and Metallic Circuit Connections Map
1910 AT&T Annual Report (coming soon)
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1974 AT&T Annual Report1975 AT&T
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Bell Telephone: 100 Years of Service
No. 7/ February 27, 1981 AT&T Management Report
No. 12/ April 7, 1981 AT&T Management Report
1982 AT&T Annual Report (Consent Decree agreement with U.S. Department of Justice to divest the Bell System)
No. 7/ February 19, 1982 AT&T Management Report
1983 AT&T Annual Report- The New AT&T (1983 was the year to prepare for the Bell System Divestiture)
1983 AT&T Information Statement and Prospectus
1984 AT&T Annual Report (First annual report post-Bell System) [January 1, 1984 was new beginning for AT&T, and the newly formed seven Bell Operating Companies (BOC’s); Bell Atlantic Corporation, BellSouth Corporation, NYNEX Corporation, Pacific Telesis Group, Southwestern Bell Corporation, and US WEST. Inc.]
1985 AT&T Annual Report (Missing from Archives)
AT&T Quarterly Report, March 31, 1985
1993 AT&T Annual Report (Missing from Archives)
September 20, 1995 Letter to Shareowners
September 20, 1995 AT&T News - Strategic Restructuring
June, 1996 Special Report to Shareowners
June, 1996 Vol.1 No.1 Lucent Magazine
July 24, 1996 AT&T News - Strategic Restructuring
September 24, 1996 Letter to Shareowners
October 1996 AT&T News - John Walter to Become President of AT&T
November, 1996 Special Report to Shareowners
November 5, 1996 Letter to Shareowners
1996 Bell Atlantic Annual Report
1996 GTE Annual Report1997 AT&T Annual
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April 21, 1997 Letter to Shareowners
June, 1997 Special Report to Shareowners
October 20, 1997 Letter to Shareowners
1997 Bell Atlantic Annual Report
1997 Annual Report, Lucent Technologies
1998 Bell Atlantic Annual Report
1998 Annual Report, Lucent Technologies
1999 Bell Atlantic Annual Report
1999 Bell Canada Enterprises Annual Report
1999 Annual Report, Lucent Technologies
2000 Bell Canada Enterprises Annual Report
2000 Annual Report, Lucent Technologies
2001 Bell Canada Enterprises Annual Report
2001 Annual Report, Lucent Technologies
2001 Annual Report, Avaya Communication
2002 Annual Report, AT&T Wireless Services, Inc.
2002 Bell Canada Enterprises Annual Report
2002 Annual Report, Lucent Technologies
2002 Annual Report, Avaya Communication
2002 Proxy Statement, agere Systems Inc
2003 Annual Report, AT&T Wireless Services, Inc.
2003 Bell Canada Enterprises Annual Report, 2003 Bell South Corporation
2003 Cincinnati Bell Annual Report
2003 Annual Report, Lucent Technologies
2003 Annual Report, Avaya Communication
2003 10K Statement, agere Systems Inc
2004 AT&T Annual Report (AT&T Corp. Annual Report- final for legacy company)
2004 Proxy Statement, AT&T Wireless Services, Inc.
2004 Annual Report, SBC (final annual report for SBC)
2004 Bell Canada Enterprises Annual Report
2004 Cincinnati Bell Annual Report
2004 Annual Report, Lucent Technologies
2004 Annual Report, Avaya Communication
2004 10K Statement, agere Systems Inc
2005 AT&T Annual Report (AT&T, Inc. Annual Report - first for newly merged AT&T Corp and SBC)2005 Bell South Corporation
2005 Bell Canada Enterprises Annual Report
2005 Annual Report, Lucent Technologies
2005 Annual Report, Avaya Communication
2005 Proxy Statement, agere Systems Inc
2006 Bell Canada Enterprises Annual Report
2006 Annual Report, Avaya Communication
2006 Proxy Statement, agere Systems Inc
2007 Bell Canada Enterprises Annual Report
2008 Bell Canada Enterprises Annual Report
2009 Bell Canada Enterprises Annual Report
2010 Bell Canada Enterprises Annual Report
2010 CenturyLink Annual Review and CEOs Message
2011 Bell Canada Enterprises Annual Report
2011 CenturyLink Annual Review and CEOs Message
2012 Bell Canada Enterprises Annual Report
2012 CenturyLink Annual Review and CEOs Message
2013 Bell Canada Enterprises Annual Report
2013 CenturyLink Annual Review and CEOs Message
2014 Bell Canada Enterprises Annual Report
2014 CenturyLink Annual Review and CEOs Message
2015 Bell Canada Enterprises Annual Report
2016 Cincinnati Bell Annual Report
2015 CenturyLink Annual Review and CEOs Message
2016 Bell Canada Enterprises Annual Report
2016 CenturyLink Annual Review and CEOs Message
2017 Avaya Inc. Financial Fundamentals
2017 Avaya Inc. Q4 and Fiscal Financial Results
2017 Bell Canada Enterprises Annual Report
2017 Cincinnati Bell Annual Report
2017 CenturyLink Annual Review and CEOs Message
2018 Avaya Inc. Financial Fundamentals
2018 Avaya Inc. Q4 and Fiscal Financial Results
2018 Bell Canada Enterprises Annual Report
2018 Cincinnati Bell Annual Report
2018 Annual Report and 2019 Proxy Statement CenturyLink
2019 Bell Canada Enterprises Annual Report
2019 Cincinnati Bell Annual Report
2020 Bell Canada Enterprises Annual Report
2020 Cincinnati Bell Annual Report
2020 LUMEN Technologies, Inc. Annual Report
2021 Bell Canada Enterprises Annual Report
2021 Cincinnati Bell FORM 10-K
2021 LUMEN Technologies, Inc. Annual Report
All financial reports listed on this site listed as “Coming Soon” are in the Porticus Centre archives, but have not been digitally scanned and converted. Please be patient with us, as it takes time to convert these documents.
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