Private company
Southern New England Telecommunications
Logo: Southern New England Telecommunications, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
American telecommunications company
Southern New England Telecommunications Corporation (SNET) started operations in 1986 as the holding company for the Southern New England Telephone Company, the dominant local phone carrier in Connecticut, which had been a minority holding of AT&T until February 1986, when AT&T sold its 23% ownership. SNET then became its own company, operating a telecommunications sales division, Sonecor Systems Division, which began operations on January 1, 1983, and sold equipment in competition with AT&T before the Bell System divestiture.2 It ceased to exist in 2006.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Southern New England Telecommunications Corporation (SNET) started operations in 1986 as the holding company for the Southern New England Telephone Company, the dominant local phone carrier in Connecticut, which had been a minority holding of AT&T until February 1986, when AT&T sold its 23% ownership. SNET then became its own company, operating a telecommunications sales division, Sonecor Systems Division, which began operations on January 1, 1983, and sold equipment in competition with AT&T before the Bell System divestiture.2
Products and brands
- telephone
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- WikipediaSouthern New England Telecommunications
- WikidataQ7570186
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