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     • Bell System, a former American telephone system, governed by American Telephone & Telegraph Company (now AT&T Corporation; q.v.) and including Western Electric Company (q.v.), the system’s manufacturer; Bell Laboratories (q.v.), the research and development facility; and other departments and 22 operating companies.
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   Who owns Bell Telephone System?

   • Bell System, a former American telephone system, governed by American Telephone & Telegraph Company (now AT&T Corporation; q.v.) and including Western Electric Company (q.v.), the system’s manufacturer; Bell Laboratories (q.v.), the research and development facility; and other departments and 22 operating companies.

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   Who owns American Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company?

   • Ownership of American Bell was transferred to its own subsidiary, American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T Company) on the second to last day of 1899. AT&T had been incorporated on April 17, 1880, as American Bell's "long lines" division to handle its long-distance telecommunications.

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   What happened to the American Bell Telephone Company?

   • At the close of 1899, the American Bell Telephone Company was acquired, for business purposes, by its own subsidiary, the American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T), which then became the head of the monolithic and monopolistic Bell System.

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   Who founded the Bell Telephone Company?

   • The Bell Telephone Company was the initial corporate entity from which the Bell System originated to build a continental conglomerate and monopoly in telecommunication services in the United States and Canada. Alexander Graham Bell 's father-in-law Gardiner Greene Hubbard also helped organize the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company.

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   When did Bell become a company?

   • Those franchises, together with the parent company, eventually become known as the Bell System. Because of much demand for supply in 1882, the American Bell Telephone Company became the sole supplier of telephone equipment, equipping the quickly advancing communication company, Western Electric.

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   What is the Bell System?

   • The Bell System was a system of telecommunication companies, led by the Bell Telephone Company and later by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), that dominated the telephone services industry in North America for over 100 years from its creation in 1877 until its antitrust breakup in 1983.

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   Use of the Bell System name initially referred to those early telephone franchises and eventually comprised all telephone companies owned by American Telephone & Telegraph, referred to internally as associated companies, regional holding companies, or later Bell operating companies (BOCs).

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   Bell System, a former American telephone system, governed by American Telephone & Telegraph Company (now AT&T Corporation; q.v.) and including Western Electric Company (q.v.), the system’s manufacturer; Bell Laboratories (q.v.), the research and development facility; and other departments and 22.

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   At the close of 1899, the American Bell Telephone Company was acquired, for business purposes, by its own subsidiary, the American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T), which then became the head of the monolithic and monopolistic Bell System.

6. www.historyfactory.com › insights › this-month-inBreakup of the Bell System: AT&T Monopoly Breakup/Divestiture

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   Jan 24, 2022 · As AT&T worked to consolidate its control over the nationwide telephone system throughout the 20th century, it became the target of several monopoly and antitrust lawsuits. In 1913, under threat by the Justice Department, AT&T agreed to sell its controlling stake in Western Union and seek government approval before acquiring more independent ...

7. www.telcomhistory.org › resources › online-exhibitsTelephone Company Histories | THG Resources - Bell Systems

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   The Bell System’s history stretches back to 1876, with founder Alexander Graham Bell’s invention of the telephone. Bell, Thomas Sanders and Gardiner G. Hubbard formed The Bell Patent Association in order to capitalize on the invention.

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   American Telephone and Telegraph acquired the assets of its parent, American Bell Telephone — becoming the parent of the Bell System. Litigation For much of its history, Bell System functioned as a legally organized, regulated monopoly.

9. personal.garrettfuller.org › blog › 2018/03/20The Bell System: More than a telephone company - Garrett Fuller

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   Mar 20, 2018 · Alexander Graham Bell wasn’t only the inventor of the telephone, but founder of the Bell Telephone Company – later the American Telephone & Telegraph Company, or AT&T. (Photo: Wikipedia) The Bell System started out in 1876 after Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.