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| Company type | Subsidiary |
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| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 1879 |
| Defunct | 1983 |
| Fate | Merged |
| Successor | SBT&T Co. |
| Headquarters | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Products | Local telephone service |
| Parent | American Bell (1879-1899) AT&T (1899-1983) |
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company was a Bell Operating Company serving the Southeastern United States of Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina. It also previously covered the states of Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee until 1968 when those were split off to form South Central Bell. In 1984, it became a subsidiary of BellSouth Corporation in the breakup of the Bell System.