Baby Bell

noun

Any of the Regional Bell Operating Companies resulting from the division of AT&T Corporation into a number of smaller companies in the 1980s as part of an antitrust agreement.

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Meanings

nounBaby Bell (plural Baby Bells)

plural Baby Bells

  1. USinformalcommunicationsAny of the Regional Bell Operating Companies resulting from the division of AT&T Corporation into a number of smaller companies in the 1980s as part of an antitrust agreement.
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