Bellsouth Corporation - BLS- Profile

Bellsouth Telecommunications, Inc.. BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of BellSouth Corporation providing wireline telecommunication services, including local exchange, network access and long distance services. The company markets its products and services under tte brand name BellSouth. The company customers are the small and complex businesses, network and carrier services. The company conducts its research and development activities internally and through external vendors, primarily Bell Communications Research, Inc. The company has incurred $190 million for year 2000 expenses as of Dec 1999. Local services accounted for 62% of 1999 revenues; network access, 27%; long distance services, 4% and other revenues, 7%.