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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Ailing long-distance giant AT&T; Corp. is in preliminary talks to sell its phone business to BellSouth Corp., a move that could set the stage for the disappearance of one of this country’s most ...

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.

Yahoo Inc. and BellSouth Corp. are joining forces to sell high-speed Internet access, the latest step in a mating dance that has now united the owner of the Web’s most popular destination with 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 ...