Baby Bell

Baby Bell
● ►en /baiy-bi bail/ np. ►CORP Surnom des entreprises résultant du découpage de Bell par les organismes antitrust étasuniens. Il y en a sept, ce qui explique le surnom qui leur a été donné, pour les désigner en même temps qu'ATT: "Blanche neige et les sept nains". Le nom officiel est RBOC, pour Regional Bell Operating Company ou Regional Holding Company. Ne pas confondre avec le fromage (dont le nom s'écrit avec un seul "L").

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  • Baby Bell — n. one of the new, regional telephone companies that were formerly a part of American Telephone and Telegraph Company. (See also Ma Bell.) □ The Baby Bells are doing better than the parent company. □ “If the Baby Bells get into long distance… …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • Baby Bell — one of the seven regional telephone companies formed after the breakup of the Bell system in 1983. [1985 90, Amer.] * * * …   Universalium

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  • Bell System — ] The Bell System was commonly referred to by the nickname Ma Bell. History Formation under Bell patentReceiving a U.S. patent for the invention of the telephone on March 7, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell formed the Bell Telephone Company in 1877… …   Wikipedia

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  • Bell — noun a) A Scottish and northern English surname for a bell ringer, bell maker, or from someone who lived at the Bell (inn) I couldn’t make out her name at first; for, when she gave it in answer to my inquiry, it sounded like Beltot, which didn’t… …   Wiktionary

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