- AT&T Laboratories
:"For the currently-existing research and development division of AT&T Inc., formerly SBC Laboratories, see
AT&T Labs ."Infobox Defunct Company
company_name = AT&T Laboratories, Inc.
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fate = Absorbed
successor =AT&T Labs
foundation = 1925
defunct = 2005
location =Murray Hill, NJ ,USA
industry = Research & Development
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subsid =AT&T Laboratories, Inc. was the research & development division of AT&T Corporation. It was founded in 1925 as Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc., following the merger of the research & development divisions of
American Telephone & Telegraph andWestern Electric .History
In 1996, most of
Bell Labs was spun off into Lucent Technologies, along withAT&T Technologies , formerlyWestern Electric , and the Bell Labs name. Research dealing with telephone equipment and most physical research went to Lucent; a smaller number of researchers dealing with voice technology, network management, and software stayed with AT&T Bell Laboratories, Inc., which was now renamed AT&T Laboratories, Inc. Locations include Shannon Labs in Florham Park, NJ and Middletown, NJ.In 2005, SBC Communications purchased AT&T Corporation, and changed its own corporate name to AT&T Inc. The operations of AT&T Laboratories were then absorbed into SBC's R&D division, SBC Laboratories, which then was renamed AT&T Labs, Inc.
External links
* [http://www.corp.att.com/attlabs/ AT&T Labs website under old AT&T]
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