Company 1: AT&T, Inc.
Brief History: AT&T, Inc. is one of the leading telecommunications and broadband companies in the USA. It is the largest provider of fixed phone lines and the second largest mobile phone provider in the U.S. AT&T also offers broadband subscription TV, Internet, sells handsets, computers, and provides other similar services and products.
The company has a long history dating back to the foundation of the Bell Telephone Company by Alexander Bell in 1877. In 1885, it established a subsidiary American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), which acquired the Bell Telephone Company and became a parent in 1899. The influence ...