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BellSouth Corp., the No. 3 U.S. regional phone company, Thursday said first-quarter profit including its Cingular Wireless joint venture rose 20 percent, boosted by cellphone and high-speed Internet ...

CHICAGO--A decade-old bet on fiber-optic cables could end up paying big dividends for BellSouth. While other local telephone carriers waited until regulatory issues were ironed out before deploying ...

BellSouth, which provides local phone services in nine southeastern states, said it's considering buying Qwest Communications International or boosting its stake in the long distance phone company.

On Friday, BellSouth announced that it is teaming up with 8x8 (best known for its Packet 8 VoIP service) to provide $20 a month VoIP service. Subscribers will get free calling to anywhere in the U.S.

The Justice Department approved AT&T's buyout of BellSouth Corp. on Wednesday, clearing a major hurdle for reuniting two modernized parts of the old Ma Bell phone monopoly that the government broke up ...

BellSouth has notified the North Carolina Utilities Commission of its intent to pull the plug on Broadslate Networks, a Virginia-based Internet service provider that uses BellSouth’s network to access ...

BellSouth Corp. shareholders Friday approved the proposed sale of their company to AT&T Inc. for $67 billion in stock. AT&T shareholders later voted to issue new stock in the combined company. The ...

Company's execs may not thump their chests about it, but analysts say the local phone carrier is well-positioned. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering cellphone ...