You may know Bell by another name, American Telephone and Telegraph, or AT&T for short. AT&T was actually broken up by the government in 1984. In fact, it was broken up into eight different companies.

The early beginnings of AT&T — which stands for "American Telephone and Telegraph" — can actually be traced back to Alexander Graham Bell, renowned inventor credited with the creation of the ...

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Bell Labs began as the research and development section of the American Telephone and Telegraph company, or AT&T. AT&T originally had exclusive use of Alexander Graham Bell's patents on the ...

In 1907, Vail returned to what was essentially his previous job, though now the company was known as the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, or AT&T. AT&T was in some trouble because its ...