- RBOCS
- RBOCS (Regional Bell Operating Company) any of seven regional holding companies created after the 1984 divestiture of the AT&T/Bell Systems monopoly over local telephone service in the USA
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
Bell System divestiture — The break up of AT T was initiated in 1974 by the U.S. Department of Justice antitrust suit against the telephone monopoly. Under the terms of a settlement finalized on January 8, 1982, Ma Bell agreed to divest its local exchange service… … Wikipedia
Regional Bell Operating Company — The Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOC) are the result of the U.S. Department of Justice antitrust suit against the former American Telephone amp; Telegraph Company (later known as AT T Corp.)HistoryOn January 8, 1982, AT T Corp. settled the … Wikipedia
Phone1 — is a long distance provider used by some Regional Bell Operating Companies after AT T discontinued their ACTS service for pay phones which used coins. Using Phone1 allows the RBOCs to keep accepting coins on pay phones. The company allows direct… … Wikipedia
Network Equipment-Building System — NEBS (Network Equipment Building System) describes the environment of a typical United States RBOC Central Office. NEBS is the most common set of safety, spatial and environmental design guidelines applied to telecommunications equipment in the… … Wikipedia
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