Ma Bell puts IE up front on Web
News Sweetening the deal, Microsoft will also add Ma Bell to its Internet Referral Server to ease access for users wishing to use the service. Microsoft yesterday said it estimated itself as having up to 20 per cent of the browser market that is still...
[October 4, 1996, 14:50]
AT&T eager to exchange control for capital
News In these lean times, Ma Bell appears willing to sell a piece of its soul. But by selling a portion of the company and its various units and thereby turning over some of its autonomy, Ma Bell is opening itself to greater control by outside investors.
[December 13, 2000, 11:59]
The Day Ahead: AT&T revs AWE inspiring IPO
News AWE" sums it up when it comes to the number of shares offered, the sheer girth Ma Bell's wireless unit and the amount of cash to be raised. Ma Bell, which controls the AT&T Wireless board of directors, can convert AT&T Wireless shares into AT&T...
[April 25, 2000, 12:39]
Winners and losers after AOL Time Warner deal
News Excite@Home can't compete on content and may not be a likely acquisition target -- AT&T owns a big chunk of shares and any sale would require Ma Bell's approval. Yahoo reports fourth quarter earnings after the bell and guess what officials may have...
[January 11, 2000, 12:15]
The Day Ahead: AT&T's spin doesn't ring true
News Commentary: Amid all the whining about AT&T's slow motion breakup plan and complaints about how Ma Bell's $100bn cable binge hasn't paid off, there's one item that should irk you more than anything -- AT&T thinks its shareholders are stupid.
[October 26, 2000, 12:49]
Tackling VoIP security concerns
News In fact, some of the earliest hackers were "phone phreakers", who specialised in cracking Ma Bell's network, usually for the purpose of making long-distance calls on someone else's dime. When considering whether to cut the telco cord and go...
[September 27, 2006, 15:10]
The Day Ahead: Excite@Home trades profits for marketing
News Besides, Excite@Home now has Ma Bell on its side. Excite@Home looked like it had everything figured out. The company straightened out its relationship with AT&T and looked like a contender. And then the broadband portal dropped its latest bomb.
[April 20, 2000, 12:48]
The Day Ahead: AOL Time Warner's $1tn dream
News Buy AT&T Broadband: Once Ma Bell finishes its massive break-up plan, AT&T Broadband, the cable unit, will be independent. That's why he was only half-joking that AOL Time Warner could be a company with $100bn in revenue and a $1tn market...
[February 1, 2001, 13:01]
Larry Dignan: Why Microsoft ruling won't worry Wall Street
News Investors that held on to shares of Ma Bell all these years after its break up would have shares of AT&T, a bunch of Baby Bells and Lucent Technologies. And that's why the damage to Microsoft shares will be minimal, a dip of roughly 5 to 10 percent...
[November 8, 1999, 14:35]
VoIP: The broadband bottleneck?
News United States spoiled by Ma Bell AT&T vice president Kathy Martine said she learned that lesson the hard way during recent trials of the company's CallVantage Net-phoning plan, which it hopes to introduce in 100 markets this year.
[April 7, 2004, 12:50]
The Day Ahead: Portal earnings preview
News Does Ma Bell even want or need to deal with Excite@Home? reports its earnings, 10 January, it's likely that the company won't be able to say anything that will impress investors. At least Yahoo! isn't alone -- other portals have even less of a...
[January 8, 2001, 14:03]
AT&T chief determined to ride VoIP wave
News Ma Bell -- under prior management in the 90s -- let the Internet revolution slip from its grasp, as companies like America Online, EarthLink and MSN grabbed the lead in providing Internet access. The cable guys are focused on video and the Bell...
[September 2, 2004, 15:50]
US Report: AT&T and Time Warner to offer cable telephony
News Ma Bell merged with Tele-Communications (TCI) which has a subscriber base of 10.5 million customers and is number two behind Time Warner, which has 20 million cable customers. AT&T has been moving to use the bandwidth of the coaxial cable to expand...
[February 1, 1999, 16:27]
AT&T eyes IBM Global Network
News Any sale would not affect existing services deals that enterprises have with AT&T or IBM, said Rick Roscitt, president and chief executive of AT&T Solutions, Ma Bell's outsourcing wing. AT&T confirmed this week that it is in the early stages of...
[October 1, 1998, 11:43]
The Day Ahead: Ariba pays up for sales-impaired startup
News Ariba said after the closing bell Monday it would acquire privately held SupplierMarket.com for roughly 6.6m of its common stock. The Burlington, MA startup has been registered for an initial public offering since March.
[June 27, 2000, 11:48]
