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pacific telesis wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 nicknames 2 branded products 3 spinoffs 4 mergers 5 references toggle the table of contents pacific telesis 3 languages русский simple english اردو edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia defunct american bell operating company pacific telesis group pacific telesis headquarters at 140 new montgomery street as seen in 2017 type subsidiary 1 traded as nyse pac 2 industry telecommunications predecessor at t corporation founded december 31 1983 42 years ago 1983 12 31 defunct december 29 2006 19 years ago 2006 12 29 fate merged with bellsouth and at t successor at t teleholdings headquarters 140 new montgomery san francisco california united states key people chuck smith former ceo ray wilkins former ceo products telephone internet television parent at t corporation 1983 sbc communications 1997 2006 pacific telesis group pactel was one of the seven regional bell operating companies sometimes also referred to as rbocs or baby bells created in 1983 in preparation of the breakup of at t corporation pacific telesis was the holding company for pacific bell nevada bell pacific telesis international pactel mobile services and pactel infosystems pacific telesis was headquartered in san francisco and incorporated in nevada it was acquired by sbc communications the former southwestern bell in 1997 which would eventually become today s at t inc nicknames edit pacific telesis is more commonly known as pac bell prior to the january 1 1984 breakup of the bell system the corporate name of its principal subsidiary pacific bell was the pacific telephone telegraph company which had also been referred to as pactel after the corporate name change pacific bell was commonly known as pacbell the red and white star trademarked logo was referred to by company employees as the splat or more formally as the access symbol after the similar star key on a telephone keypad branded products edit pacific telesis licensed rights to its name and the bell name to vodavi who sold consumer telephones under the pactel name vodavi manufactured pactel telephones in south korea to bell specifications pacific telesis later licensed the pacific bell name to thomson consumer electronics who also produced telephone equipment for ge spinoffs edit the cellular and paging unit of pacific telesis pactel cellular was spun off in 1994 into a new company called airtouch communications leaving pacific telesis with only the landline telephone company senior pacific telesis management moved to airtouch thus leaving a new corporate culture to run the old pacific telesis in 1999 airtouch merged with britain s vodafone to become vodafone airtouch in 2000 vodafone s u s wireless assets were merged with those of bell atlantic to form the joint venture verizon later when gsm technology became available pacific bell mobile services was re created debuting in 1996 at the republican national convention in san diego california and being introduced to the public in 1997 3 after its public launch the wireless division was renamed pacific bell wireless and remained as such until the merger with sbc mergers edit in 1997 pacific telesis group was acquired by sbc communications renamed from southwestern bell corporation for 16 7 billion and although the pacific telesis group corporate name disappeared fairly quickly sbc continued to operate the pacific bell and nevada bell local telephone companies separately under their original names 4 5 6 in september 2001 sbc renamed the telephone companies sbc pacific bell and sbc nevada bell in late 2002 the companies were rebranded again as simply sbc meanwhile employees of sbc working in california and nevada who supported sbc s non regulated services and or services provided both within and outside california were transferred to other sbc subsidiaries like pacific telesis shared services and sbc operations inc however for legal and regulatory purposes employees supporting local regulated services were still employed by pacific bell telephone company dba sbc california sbc california and nevada bell dba sbc nevada which were the sbc subsidiaries that provided regulated local telephone services within the franchise territory in california and nevada on november 18 2005 sbc completed its acquisition of at t corp to form at t inc nevada and pacific bells are now known as pacific bell telephone company d b a at t california and nevada bell telephone company d b a at t nevada pacific telesis companies as a whole business are known as at t west in 2006 the company was dissolved into at t teleholdings which is the current name of the former baby bell ameritech 7 references edit san francisco bay area portal companies portal pacific telesis group inc v ftb legal filed march 9 2005 pdf archived from the original pdf on 2008 10 26 retrieved 2008 09 08 at t stockholder services mike king 1996 06 26 pacific bell mobile services to debut new wireless phone service comp dcom telecom google groups groups google com retrieved 2012 05 15 sbc pac tel merger a done deal cnet april 1 1997 retrieved april 27 2025 sbc communications completes acquisition of pacific telesis group the journal record april 2 1997 retrieved april 27 2025 sbc completes 16 7 merger with pacific telesis the new york times april 2 1997 retrieved april 27 2025 entity actions secretary of state nevada v t e spinoffs of the american telephone telegraph company first generation 1929 graybar electric company 1956 northern electric via western electric 1975 bell canada 1984 divestiture ameritech bell atlantic bell communications research bellsouth nynex pacific telesis southwestern bell corporation us west 1991 1993 unix system laboratories 1996 lucent technologies ncr 1997 at t submarine systems sold to tyco international 2001 at t wireless services 2003 at t broadband second generation spinoffs lucent technologies advanced american telephones 2000 avaya 2000 qlt consumer lease services 2000 agere systems 2002 us west mediaone group 1998 ncr teradata 2007 pacific telesis airtouch 1994 qwest dex media 2002 regional bells telcordia technologies 1997 sbc communications at t r h donnelley publishing and advertising of illinois 2004 yp holdings 2012 southern new england telephone 2014 verizon communications hawaiian telcom 2005 northern new england telephone operations 2008 new communications holdings 2010 frontier california frontier florida frontier southwest 2014 v t e at t history bell system bell telephone company american telephone and telegraph company willis graham act acquisition of time warner acquisition of directv united states v at t fcc v at t inc people alexander graham bell gardiner greene hubbard board of directors current john stankey chairman and ceo scott t ford glenn h hutchins stephen j luczo marissa a mayer michael b mccallister beth e mooney matthew k rose cynthia b taylor luis a ubiñas former samuel a di piazza jr richard w fisher edward whitacre jr joyce m roche c michael armstrong randall l stephenson laura d andrea tyson geoffrey y yang william e kennard communications at t mobility cricket wireless at t teleholdings california illinois indiana michigan nevada ohio wisconsin at t southeast at t southwest at t alascom bellsouth long distance sbc long distance firstnet at t business internet at t small business at t labs at t internet latin america at t mexico unefón buildings and facilities current whitacre tower at t building detroit at t building indianapolis at t building kingman arizona at t building nashville at t building san diego at t center los angeles at t center milwaukee at t city center at t huron road building at t lenox park campus at t long lines building at t switching center manhattan at t switching center los angeles asia america gateway detroit columbia central office building europe india gateway project offices room 641a tat 14 former at t center st louis at t building omaha at t midtown center at t corporate center at t long distance building at t building davenport iowa at t building denmark south carolina att chesterfield at t at the movies bell labs bell labs holmdel complex 195 broadway 550 madison avenue 611 place 901 marquette barclay vesey building michigan bell and western electric warehouse tiaa bank center telstar 302 tat 1 tat 7 tat 8 tat 9 cnn center other naming rights and sponsorships venues sponsorships former subsidiaries warnermedia directv otter media vyatta xandr category commons v t e telecommunications history beacon broadcasting cable protection system cable tv communications satellite computer network data compression audio dct image video digital media internet video online video platform social media streaming drums edholm s law electrical telegraph fax heliographs hydraulic telegraph information age information revolution internet mass media mobile phone smartphone optical telecommunication optical telegraphy pager photophone prepaid mobile phone radio radiotelephone satellite communications semaphore phryctoria semiconductor device mosfet transistor smoke signals telecommunications history telautograph telegraphy teleprinter teletype telephone history the telephone cases television digital streaming undersea telegraph line videotelephony whistled language wireless revolution pioneers nasir ahmed edwin howard armstrong mohamed m atalla john logie baird paul baran john bardeen alexander graham bell emile berliner tim berners lee francis blake jagadish chandra bose charles bourseul walter houser brattain vint cerf claude chappe yogen dalal donald davies daniel davis jr amos dolbear thomas edison philo farnsworth reginald fessenden lee de forest elisha gray oliver heaviside robert hooke erna schneider hoover harold hopkins gardiner greene hubbard bob kahn dawon kahng charles k kao narinder singh kapany hedy lamarr roberto landell innocenzo manzetti guglielmo marconi robert metcalfe antonio meucci samuel morse jun ichi nishizawa charles grafton page radia perlman alexander stepanovich popov tivadar puskás johann philipp reis claude shannon almon brown strowger henry sutton charles sumner tainter nikola tesla camille tissot alfred vail thomas a watson charles wheatstone vladimir k zworykin internet pioneers transmission media coaxial cable fiber optic communication optical fiber free space optical communication molecular communication radio waves wireless transmission line telecommunication circuit network topology and switching bandwidth links network switching circuit packet nodes terminal telephone exchange multiplexing space division frequency division time division polarization division orbital angular momentum code division concepts communication protocol computer network data transmission store and forward telecommunications equipment types of network cellular network ethernet isdn lan mobile ngn public switched telephone radio television telex uucp wan wireless network notable networks arpanet bitnet cyclades fidonet internet internet2 janet npl network tanet toasternet usenet locations africa americas north south antarctica asia europe oceania global telecommunications regulation bodies telecommunication portal category outline commons retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title pacific_telesis oldid 1359642116 categories former at t subsidiaries bell system companies formerly listed on the new york stock exchange defunct telecommunications companies of the united states communications in california companies based in san francisco defunct companies based in the san francisco bay area american companies established in 1983 telecommunications companies established in 1983 telecommunications companies disestablished in 2006 1983 establishments in california 2006 disestablishments in california 1997 mergers and acquisitions hidden categories articles with short description short description is different from wikidata this page was last edited on 16 june 2026 at 11 12 utc text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike 4 0 license additional terms may apply by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc a non profit organization privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia 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