Business Today SBC Communications Inc. on April 3 reduced its long-distance calling rates for consumers to a flat monthly rate in an attempt to ward off competition and retain customers. SBC, the No.

Federal regulators Monday unanimously approved SBC Communications Inc.'s application to provide long- distance telephone service in Oklahoma and Kansas. Although five Federal Communications ...

WASHINGTON -- SBC Communications Inc. on Monday won federal approval to offer long-distance phone service to consumers in Kansas and Oklahoma, becoming the first local phone company born from the 1984 ...

The monthly charge for long-distance customers will begin in April. Long-distance telephone customers of SBC Oklahoma will begin paying a supplementary fee on their monthly phone bills, beginning ...

A single phone call to the governor of Guanajuato, Mexico, Friday morning marked the beginning of SBC Communications Inc.'s effort to sell long-distance service in Illinois. ``While it's a great day ...

SPRINGFIELD -- The local phone company is about to go long-distance. SBC Communications -- the Texas-based telecommunications company that acquired Ameritech in 1999 -- won approval from the Federal ...