Indiana Bell
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Type | Private (Subsidiary of AT&T) |
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Industry | Telecommunications |
Founded | 1920 |
Headquarters | Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
Products | Local Telephone Service |
Parent | AT&T (1920-1983) Ameritech (1984-1999) SBC/AT&T (1999-present) |
Website | http://www.att.com |
Indiana Bell Telephone Company, Incorporated, is the Bell Operating Company serving Indiana. It is an indirect subsidiary of AT&T Inc., owned by AT&T Teleholdings.
History[]
Indiana Bell was founded in 1920 to function as the central Bell telephone company in the state of Indiana. It purchased the Indiana operations of the Company and also purchased the Company. It continued to expand throughout the 1920s through acquisitions.
In 1930, Indiana Bell's headquarters building in Indianapolis was relocated 52 feet (16 m) to the south and 100 feet (30 m) west of its original location while employees continued working in it. The move was an engineering feat of its time.
Throughout the 1940s and 1950s the company continued to expand by acquiring many smaller telephone companies throughout the state.
After the 1984 Bell System Divestiture, Indiana Bell became a part of Ameritech, one of the seven original Regional Bell Operating Companies.
In 1990, the independent board of directors of Indiana Bell was dissolved.[1]
Presidents[]
Edgar S. Bloom, 1920–1921
Curtis H. Rottger, 1921–1930
James F. Carroll, 1930–1946
William A. Hughes, 1946–1948
Harry S. Hanna, 1948–1960
Roy C. Echols, 1960–1968
Thomas S. Nurnberger, 1968–1970
David K. Easlick, 1970–1971
James E. Olson, 1972–1974
John W. Arbuckle, 1974–1976
Delbert C. "Bud" Staley, 1976–1978
William L. Weiss, 1978v1981
Philip A. Campbell, 1981–1982
William P. Vititoe, 1982–1983
Ramon L. Humke, 1983–1989
Richard C. Notebaert, 1989–1992
Thomas J. Reiman, 1992–1994
Kent A. Lebherz, 1994–2000
George S. Fleetwood, 2000–2013
William L. Soards II, 2013–
Corporate rebranding[]
The Indiana Bell name continued to be used until January 1993, when Ameritech dropped all individual Bell Operating Company names in favor of using the corporate name for marketing purposes, and Indiana Bell began doing business under the trade name Ameritech Indiana. In 2001, two years after Ameritech was acquired by SBC Communications, SBC rebranded all of its companies to include the SBC name, and Indiana Bell began doing business as SBC Ameritech Indiana. In 2002, SBC rebranded all of its companies simply as "SBC" for use as a national brand. Indiana Bell then started doing business as SBC Indiana. After AT&T Corporation was acquired by SBC Communications, SBC renamed itself AT&T, resulting in Indiana Bell taking the trade name AT&T Indiana.
References[]
- ^ Indiana Bell Telephone Company, Incorporated . Retrieved 2012-05-02.
External links[]
- Media related to Indiana Bell at Wikimedia Commons
- AT&T subsidiaries
- Bell System
- Telecommunications companies of the United States
- Companies based in Indianapolis
- Defunct telecommunications companies of the United States
- Telecommunications companies established in 1920
- American companies established in 1920