AT&T (before divestiture)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/AT&T_(before_divestiture)
GPTKB entity
Statements (61)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:telecommunications_company
gptkbp:dissolved 1984 (as original monopoly structure)
gptkbp:divested 1984
AT&T retained Bell Labs
AT&T retained long-distance services
AT&T retained Western Electric
creation of seven Regional Bell Operating Companies
gptkbp:divestitureCase gptkb:United_States_v._AT&T
gptkbp:employs over 1 million people (at peak)
gptkbp:founded 1885
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Alexander_Graham_Bell
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:American_Telephone_and_Telegraph_Company
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:New_York_City
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label AT&T (before divestiture)
gptkbp:industry telecommunications
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Ma_Bell
gptkbp:notableEmployee gptkb:Claude_Shannon
gptkb:Dennis_Ritchie
gptkb:John_Bardeen
gptkb:Ken_Thompson
gptkb:Walter_Brattain
gptkb:William_Shockley
gptkb:Harold_Arnold
gptkb:Mervin_Kelly
gptkb:Erna_Schneider_Hoover
gptkb:Jan_Achenbach
gptkbp:notableEvent invention of the transistor
development of information theory
development of UNIX
antitrust lawsuit by U.S. government
divestiture in 1984
establishment of Bell Labs
gptkbp:notableProduct gptkb:smartphone
industrial equipment
C programming language (via Bell Labs)
UNIX (via Bell Labs)
transistor (via Bell Labs)
gptkbp:operates gptkb:AT&T_Technologies
gptkb:Bell_Labs
gptkb:Bell_Telephone_Company
gptkb:Western_Electric
gptkb:Bell_System
gptkb:Long_Lines_Division
gptkb:regional_Bell_operating_companies
gptkbp:parentCompany gptkb:AT&T_Technologies
gptkb:Bell_Labs
gptkb:Bell_Telephone_Company
gptkb:Western_Electric
gptkb:Long_Lines_Division
gptkb:regional_Bell_operating_companies
gptkbp:regulates gptkb:Federal_Communications_Commission
gptkb:U.S._Department_of_Justice
gptkbp:servesArea gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Caribbean
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:status legal monopoly
gptkbp:stockSymbol T
gptkbp:successor gptkb:AT&T_Inc.
gptkb:Regional_Bell_Operating_Companies
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:US_West
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6