Baby Bell

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-000362",
  "term": "Baby Bell",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "One of the seven Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) formed from the 1984 breakup of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company's (AT&T) Bell System monopoly. These independent regional holding companies were created to provide local telephone exchange services in distinct geographical areas of the United States. Through a series of mergers and acquisitions since their creation, most of the original Baby Bells have been consolidated into the modern AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen Technologies.",
  "subject": "Electrical engineering",
  "see_also": [
    "Ma Bell"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "de": "Baby Bell",
    "es": "Baby Bell",
    "fr": "Baby Bell"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/baby-bell/"
}