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telecommunication Telecommunication, often used in its plural form or abbreviated as telecom, is the transmission of information over a distance using electronic means, typically through cables, radio waves, or other communication technologies. These means of ...
law, the Modification of Final Judgment (MFJ) is the August 24, 1982
consent decree A consent decree is an agreement or settlement that resolves a dispute between two parties without admission of guilt (in a criminal case) or liability (in a civil case). Most often it is such a type of settlement in the United States. The ...
concerning the
antitrust Competition law is the field of law that promotes or seeks to maintain market competition by regulating anti-competitive conduct by companies. Competition law is implemented through public and private enforcement. It is also known as antitrust l ...
lawsuit of January 14, 1949, ''United States vs. Western Electric Company and American Telephone and Telegraph Company'' and its ''Final Judgment'' on January 24, 1956, the latter of which it vacated. The decree was made with Harold H. Greene as presiding judge in the
United States District Court for the District of Columbia The United States District Court for the District of Columbia (in case citations, D.D.C.) is a United States district court, federal district court in Washington, D.C. Along with the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii and ...
. The terms required the breakup of the Bell System and a reorganization of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), including removing local telephone service from AT&T control and placing business restrictions on the divested regional telephone companies in exchange for removing other longstanding restrictions on the types of business AT&T could enter. Full opinion accompanying the Modification of Final Judgment. The MFJ also consolidated the case '' United States v. AT&T'' filed on November 20, 1974.


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