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!
- Verizon acquires merges YAHOO! and AOL to create new subsidiary called Oath Inc.
- Verizon replaces the oath brand with Verizon Media
2018
- AT&T acquires AppNexus Inc. (Merged with Xandr, Inc. business unit)
- 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)
- 1889 AT&T Annual Report
- 1890 AT&T Annual Report
- 1891 AT&T Annual Report
- 1892 AT&T Annual Report
- 1893 AT&T Annual Report
- 1893 American Telephone & Telegraph Company, Lines and Metallic Circuit Connections Map
- 1894 AT&T Annual Report
- 1895 AT&T Annual Report
- 1896 AT&T Annual Report
- 1897 AT&T Annual Report
- 1898 AT&T Annual Report
- 1910 AT&T Annual Report (coming soon)
- 1911 AT&T Annual Report
- 1912 AT&T Annual Report (coming soon)
- 1914 AT&T Annual Report (coming soon)
- 1915 AT&T Annual Report (coming soon)
- 1916 AT&T Annual Report (coming soon)
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- 1931 AT&T Annual Report (coming soon)
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- 1933 AT&T Annual Report (coming soon)
- 1934 AT&T Annual Report (coming soon)
- 1935 AT&T Annual Report (coming soon)
- 1936 AT&T Annual Report (coming soon)
- 1937 AT&T Annual Report (coming soon)
- 1938 AT&T Annual Report (coming soon)
- 1939 AT&T Annual Report (coming soon)
- 1940 AT&T Annual Report (coming soon)
- 1941 AT&T Annual Report (coming soon)
- 1942 AT&T Annual Report (coming soon)
- 1945 AT&T Annual Report (coming soon)
- 1946 AT&T Annual Report (coming soon)
- 1947 AT&T Annual Report (coming soon)
- 1948 AT&T Annual Report (coming soon)
- 1949 AT&T Annual Report (coming soon)
- 1954 AT&T Annual Report (coming soon)
- 1955 AT&T Annual Report (coming soon)
- 1956 AT&T Annual Report (coming soon)
- 1957 AT&T Annual Report (coming soon)
- 1958 AT&T Annual Report (coming soon)
- 1959 AT&T Annual Report (coming soon)
- 1960 AT&T Annual Report (coming soon)
- 1961 AT&T Annual Report (coming soon)
- 1962 AT&T Annual Report (coming soon)
- 1963 AT&T Annual Report (coming soon)
- 1964 AT&T Annual Report (coming soon)
- 1965 AT&T Annual Report (coming soon)
- 1967 AT&T Annual Report (coming soon)
- 1968 AT&T Annual Report (coming soon)
- 1969 AT&T Annual Report (coming soon)
- 1981 AT&T Annual Report
- No. 7/ February 27, 1981 AT&T Management Report
- No. 12/ April 7, 1981 AT&T Management Report
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1982 AT&T Annual Report - (Consent Decree agreement with U.S. Department of Justice to divest the Bell System)
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1983 AT&T Annual Report- The New AT&T (1983 was the year to prepare for the Bell System Divestiture)
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1983 EF Huttone- AT&T Shareholders: Let Hutton Put The Divestiture On Hold (On January 1, 1984 your telephone investment will become eight times more complicated)
- 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.]
- 1988 AT&T Annual Report
- 1989 AT&T Annual Report
- 1990 AT&T Annual Report
- 1990 AT&T Investor Information.pdf
- 1991 AT&T Annual Report
- 1992 AT&T Annual Report
- 1993 AT&T Annual Report
- AT&T Quarterly Report, March 31, 1993
- 1994 AT&T Annual Report
- 1995 AT&T Annual Report
- September 20, 1995 Letter to Shareowners
- September 20, 1995 AT&T News - Strategic Restructuring
- 1995 NYNEX Annual Report
- 1996 AT&T Annual Report
- 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
- 1997 AT&T Annual Report
- April 21, 1997 Letter to Shareowners
- June, 1997 Special Report to Shareowners
- October 20, 1997 Letter to Shareowners
1997 Bell Atlantic Annual Report
2000 Annual Report, Lucent Technologies
- 2004 AT&T Annual Report (AT&T Corp. Annual Report- final for legacy company)
- 2004 Annual Report, SBC (final annual report for SBC)
2004 Annual Report, Avaya Communication
2004 10K Statement, agere Systems Inc
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2005 AT&T Annual Report (AT&T, Inc. Annual Report - first for newly merged AT&T Corp and SBC)
2013 CenturyLink Annual Review and CEOs Message
2014 Bell Canada Enterprises Annual Report
2014 CenturyLink Annual Review and CEOs Message
All financial reports listed on this site listed as “Coming Soon” are in the Bell 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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