AT&T

Organizations & Companies abbreviation · Company and Brand

AT&T
Stands forAmerican Telephone and Telegraph Company
CategoriesOrganizations & Companies

AT&T stands for American Telephone and Telegraph Company, a company and brand abbreviation.

American telecommunications company providing mobile, broadband and business network services. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, it is one of the three largest US wireless carriers.

Example: I switched from AT&T to a cheaper prepaid plan last month.

Usage notes

The original AT&T was founded in 1885 as a long-distance subsidiary of the Bell Telephone Company and dominated US phone service until the government-ordered breakup of the Bell System in 1984. SBC Communications, one of the "Baby Bells", bought AT&T Corp. in 2005 and adopted its name. Today the company's official name is AT&T Inc. AT&T owned WarnerMedia from 2018 to 2022.

More company and brand abbreviations

  • AMD – Advanced Micro Devices
  • AMEX – American Express
  • AOL – America Online
  • ARM – Advanced RISC Machines
  • ASDA – Asquith and Dairies
  • ASML – ASML (originally Advanced Semiconductor Materials Lithography)
  • B&O – Bang & Olufsen
  • B&Q – Block & Quayle
  • BASF – Badische Anilin- und Sodafabrik
  • BBVA – Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
  • BCG – Boston Consulting Group
  • BDO – Binder Dijker Otte

See all 116 company and brand abbreviations →