Bellsouth Secrets Revealed
Christopher M. Luck

Formed after the American Telephone and Telegraph Company
(AT&T) was forced to break up its regional companies, Bellsouth
is based in Atlanta. Strangely enough, it is also the only one
of those companies left that uses an actual bell symbol in its
company logo. Bellsouth is a combination of Southern Bell and
South Central Bell and provides services to 9 southern states
in the eastern United States

In the 1990's, when mergers were the name of the game, this
company took a pass. Still serving the same states they did
when they were first peeled out from under the AT& T umbrella,
they have gone from the largest of the bells to one of the
smallest. In 2004, in fact, their revenue was only about $28
billion.

In order to provide many of the services this company does to
its customers, they operate a number of other smaller
companies. For instance Bellsouth Telecommunications provides
local phone, while Bellsouth is a provider of internet service.
Long distance comes to the region via Bellsouth Long Distance
and Bellsouth international provides international operations.
Cell phone services are provided by Cingular Wireless, which
also provides other wireless services to customers. Bellsouth
also operates a number of other companies to bring all of their
advertised services to the customers. It is important to note,
though, that all of this is held under the corporate name of
The BellSouth Corporation.

BellSouth does not own all of the companies alone. For
instance, Cingular Wireless is jointly owned by this company
and AT&T. In addition, the same two companies together co-own
yellowpages, which used to be RealPages and SmartPages. These
partnerships and individual company ownership allows this
company to be the important company that it is today.

BellSouth was founded in 1984. They are a publicly traded
company chaired by F. Duane Akcerman, who also operates as the
company's Chief Operating Officer (CEO). As of recent years,
This company has begun to concentrate on the areas of wireless
and broadband service. The joint, 40% venture with AT&T to put
together Cingular provides a big part of the revenue of the
company. The company's strategy keys on the increase of
broadband use among the general public. Their main competition
comes from companies such as Spring, MCI, Qwest, and Vorizen
wireless.

All of the move toward wireless is a move to save the future of
the bell south company. This company, like many phone companies,
continues to lose home phone customers on a regular basis. With
internet voice protocol and cell phone use up, home phone use
is down and many of the old bell companies are feeling the
heat. Bellsouth remains committed to the wireless and broadband
industries so that in the coming communications wars they don't
get left out in the cold.


About The Author: Christopher M. Luck has an extensive
background with over 18 years experience in dealing directly
with bell south and is now offering his free professional
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