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1155 Peachtree St. NE Website: http://www.bellsouth.com BellSouth is the leading phone company serving primarily the Southeast. It provides local and long distance telephone service to consumers and businesses. It also provides high-speed Internet access via DSL lines and DirecTV. BellSouth has more than 21.2 million phone lines in service and 2.3 million DSL customers. BellSouth also owns a 40% stake in Cingular Wireless, the nation's largest cellular phone service. SBC owns the remaining 60%. BellSouth also offers online and yellow pages directory advertising through BellSouth RealPages.com and The Real Yellow Pages. In 2004, BellSouth had revenues of $27.91 billion and net income of $3.36 billion. History BellSouth is one of the seven original Baby Bells -- regional phone companies spun off from AT&T due to monopoly concerns. BellSouth opened for business in 1984 with 96,000 employees, assets of $21.5 billion and 13.6 million access lines. In 2000, BellSouth and SBC Communications combined their cellular operations to form Cingular Wireless. Benefits - Health coverage Updated July 3, 2005 |