[19840810]IP0257A_AT和T资产剥离：重组美国国内电话行业.pdf

Washington, D.C. 20540 Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress Restructuring the U . S . Dacstic Telepboac Industry IP0257A On January 8, 1982, the Justice Department and the American Telephone and Telegraph Company announced the settlement of the Governments seven year old antitrust suit against ATbT. Nineteen months later, in August 1983, U.S. District Court Judge Harold Greene gave final approval to the ATbT divestiture agreement. The breakup of ATbT will affect every aspect of the U.S. domestic telphone industry from the yellow pages to the manufacture of telephones. AT&T officially spun off its 22 local operating companies into seven regional phone companies on January 1, 1984. This Info Pack focuses on the Department of Justice settlement with ATbT and how the resulting divestiture will affect the U.S. domestic telephone industry. Members of Congress desiring more information on this topic should contact CRS at 287-5700. Congressional Reference Division