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BellSouth Risks Missing Turn at the Dance

Stock quotes in this article: BLS , SBC , T , FON , MCIC , NXTL  

BellSouth's (BLS Quote) options are narrowing as the telecom-consolidation parade bypasses the Atlanta phone shop.

With SBC's (SBC Quote) announcement Monday to buy AT&T (T Quote) and Sprint's (FON Quote) pending hookup with Nextel (NXTL Quote), industry watchers are eager to hear BellSouth's plan.

Having balked at a $24-a-share price tag for AT&T in October 2003, and now losing out to AT&T in a deal with SBC, BellSouth suddenly finds itself without two of its prime merger options. ...

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