Bell Laboratories Company Description
Since its founding in 1925, the scientists at Bell Laboratories have been responsible for many groundbreaking technological achievements and have been awarded thousands of patents and several Nobel prizes for their efforts. Key "firsts" credited to Bell Labs include long-distance television transmission, fax transmission, touch-tone phone, communications satellite, and cellular telephone transmission. Though most of its innovations have been within the area of communications, Bell Labs is also responsible for breakthroughs like the transistor, stereo recording, lasers, solar cells, and the Unix computer operating system. Bell Labs is the R&D arm of telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent.
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The Company Description provides a historical perspective of Bell Laboratories's organization from inception to current status.
Produced by Hoover's in-house editorial team, the Company Description tracks ownership transitions, company progress via mergers and acquisitions, major growth milestones, and strategic initiatives, to provide a holistic view of Bell Laboratories's evolution in the marketplace.
