Bell Telephone Company

E45010

historical company telecommunications company

Bell Telephone Company was the pioneering telecommunications firm established in the late 19th century that evolved into the core of the Bell System and laid the foundation for modern telephone service in North America.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical company → telecommunications company →
archivesAt	AT&T corporate archives →
basedOn	telephone patent of Alexander Graham Bell →
continent	North America →
country	United States →
dissolvedOrAbolished	1880 → 1880s →
foundedAtLocation	Boston, Massachusetts →
foundedBy	Alexander Graham Bell → Gardiner Greene Hubbard → Thomas Sanders → Thomas Watson →
foundedFor	commercial exploitation of the telephone →
hasInfluenced	development of the Bell System → modern telephone service in North America → regulation of telecommunications in the United States →
hasLogo	Bell wordmark (historical) →
hasMotto	promotion of telephone as practical communication tool →
hasPart	Bell Telephone Company of Canada → New England Telephone and Telegraph Company →
headquartersLocation	Boston, Massachusetts →
historicalRole	core predecessor of the Bell System → first commercial telephone company in the United States → pioneer of telephone networks in North America →
inception	1877 → July 9, 1877 →
industry	telecommunications → telephone service →
legalForm	corporation →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Massachusetts →
notableEmployee	Alexander Graham Bell → Thomas Watson →
notableWork	development of commercial telephone service →
operatingArea	Canada → United States →
ownedBy	Bell family interests → Gardiner Greene Hubbard →
partOf	Bell System →
productOrService	telephone equipment → telephone service →
reasonForDissolution	reorganization as American Bell Telephone Company →
sharesBorderWith	Western Union (as major competitor in early years) →
significantEvent	creation of long-distance telephone network foundations → merger into American Bell Telephone Company →
successor	American Bell Telephone Company → American Telephone and Telegraph Company → Bell System →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alexander Graham Bell → Alexander Graham Bell → Gardiner Greene Hubbard →	founded
U.S. Patent 174465 → U.S. Patent 174465 ("American Bell Telephone Company") →	associatedOrganization
Bell System → Bell System ("American Bell Telephone Company") →	originatedFrom
Gardiner Greene Hubbard →	boardMemberOf
Bell Canada ("National Bell Telephone Company") →	foundedBy
Photophone →	inventorAffiliation
Bell Telephone Company ("American Bell Telephone Company") →	successor