Atlantic Communications history

By early 1985 IBM and Digital Equipment were offering maintenance for their mainframe users, a large portion of Bell Atlantic's recently acquired Sorbus customer base.

Continuing to expand its unregulated businesses in spite of, or perhaps because of, line-of-business restrictions as outlined in the consent decree, in September 1986 Bell Atlantic acquired the real estate assets of Pitcairn Properties, Inc.

Continuing to acquire attractive companies, Bell Atlantic acquired Pacific Computer Corp., in June 1987 and Jolynne Service Corp. several months later.

Bolger announced his retirement as CEO, effective in January 1989, and COO Smith became the new chief executive officer.

With the January 1990 purchase of Control Data Corporation's third-party maintenance business, Bell Atlantic sealed its position as the leader in maintenance of both IBM and Digital Equipment Corporation systems.

1995 proved pivotal for Bell Atlantic's future.

Another major development in 1996 was the announcement that Bell Atlantic and NYNEX would merge and become the nation's second largest telephone company.

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The busiest day ever for North Atlantic Communications was 23rd June 2016, when 1,772 aircraft communicated with Shannon Aeradio, Ballygirreen.

Despite these advances in technology, demand for HF voice continues to grow and in 2017, the Ballygirreen radio station handled communication messages from in excess 500,000 aircraft.