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The Ohio Bell Telephone Company is the Bell Operating Company serving most of Ohio . Cincinnati Bell serves Cincinnati and surrounding communities. After the 1984 Bell System Divestiture , Ohio Bell became a part of Ameritech , one of the 7 original Regional Bell Operating Companies . The Ohio Bell name continued to be used until January 1993 , when Ameritech dropped all of their individual Bell Operating Company names in favor of using the corporate name for marketing purposes. In 2002 , SBC dropped the Ameritech name in favor of "SBC" as a national brand. Ohio Bell still exists as '''The Ohio Bell Telephone Company D/b/a AT&T Ohio'''.

On January 15 , 2006 , Ohio Bell's legal name was changed to The Ohio Bell Telephone Company D/b/a AT&T Ohio.

After being held by AT&T (pre-1984), Ameritech, and SBC, as of 2005 , they are now part of the "new" AT&T .