Bell Telephone Company

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Bell_Telephone_Company
GPTKB entity
Statements (26)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Telecommunications
gptkbp:acquisition gptkb:American_Telephone_and_Telegraph_Company
gptkbp:dissolved gptkb:1983
Antitrust action
gptkbp:employees Over 1 million (at peak)
gptkbp:founded 1877
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Alexander_Graham_Bell
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Boston,_Massachusetts
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bell Telephone Company
gptkbp:industry gptkb:Telecommunications
gptkbp:key_people gptkb:Thomas_Watson
gptkbp:legacy Pioneering telecommunications
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notable_products gptkb:Telecommunications
gptkbp:parent_company gptkb:AT&_T
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:Telecommunications_Act_of_1996
gptkbp:revenue $1.5 billion (1970s)
gptkbp:service_area gptkb:North_America
gptkbp:services Telephone services
gptkbp:subsidiary gptkb:Bell_System
gptkbp:successor gptkb:AT&_T_Corporation
gptkbp:technology Landline telephone technology
gptkbp:was_part_of gptkb:Bell_System
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Alexander_Graham_Bell
gptkb:Telecommunications
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3