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The Bell System was a system of telecommunication companies, led by the Bell Telephone Company and later by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), that dominated the telephone services industry in North America for over 100 years from its creation in 1877 until its antitrust breakup in 1983.
The breakup of the Bell System resulted in the creation of seven independent companies that were formed from the original twenty-two AT&T-controlled members of the System. On January 1, 1984, these companies were NYNEX, Pacific Telesis, Ameritech, Bell Atlantic, Southwestern Bell Corporation, BellSouth, and US West.
Bell System, a former American telephone system, governed by American Telephone & Telegraph Company (now AT&T Corporation; q.v.) and including Western Electric Company (q.v.), the system’s manufacturer; Bell Laboratories (q.v.), the research and development facility; and other departments and 22.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
A website dedicated to the people, history, technology and the "Spirit of Service" of the Bell System, the predecessor of AT&T. Learn about Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, and explore vintage phone repair, restoration and recycling.
The Bell Telephone Company was the initial corporate entity from which the Bell System originated to build a continental conglomerate and monopoly in telecommunication services in the United States and Canada.
Learn how the invention of the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell led to the creation and dominance of the Bell System, a monopoly that was broken up in 1984. Explore the resources, guiding questions, and suggested activities to understand the impact of the Bell System on society and communication.