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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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Bell Telephone Company canonical	11
American Bell Telephone Company	3
Bell	2
Bell Telephone Company (through family interests)	1
Bell Telephone Company maintained control over basic telephone patents	1
Bell telephone enterprises	1
National Bell Telephone Company	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical company ⓘ telecommunications company ⓘ
archivesAt	AT&T ⓘ surface form: AT&T corporate archives
basedOn	telephone patent of Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dissolvedOrAbolished	1880 ⓘ 1880s ⓘ
foundedAtLocation	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
foundedBy	Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ Gardiner Greene Hubbard ⓘ Thomas Sanders ⓘ Thomas J. Watson ⓘ surface form: 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 Canada ⓘ surface form: Bell Telephone Company of Canada Bell Operating Companies ⓘ surface form: 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 J. Watson ⓘ surface form: Thomas Watson
notableWork	development of commercial telephone service ⓘ
operatingArea	Canada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Western Union (as major competitor in early years)
significantEvent	creation of long-distance telephone network foundations ⓘ merger into American Bell Telephone Company ⓘ
successor	Bell Telephone Company self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: American Bell Telephone Company American Telephone and Telegraph Company ⓘ Bell System ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alexander Graham Bell → founded → Bell Telephone Company ⓘ

Bell System → originatedFrom → Bell Telephone Company ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Bell Telephone Company

Bell → founded → Bell Telephone Company ⓘ

subject surface form: Alexander Graham Bell

U.S. Patent 174465 (Improvement in Telegraphy) → associatedOrganization → Bell Telephone Company ⓘ

subject surface form: U.S. Patent 174465

U.S. Patent 174465 (Improvement in Telegraphy) → associatedOrganization → Bell Telephone Company ⓘ

subject surface form: U.S. Patent 174465

this entity surface form: American Bell Telephone Company

photophone → inventorAffiliation → Bell Telephone Company ⓘ

subject surface form: Photophone

Gardiner Greene Hubbard → founded → Bell Telephone Company ⓘ

Gardiner Greene Hubbard → boardMemberOf → Bell Telephone Company ⓘ

Bell Canada → foundedBy → Bell Telephone Company ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Bell Telephone Company

Bell Telephone Company → successor → Bell Telephone Company self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Bell Telephone Company

Enos M. Barton → hasNotableAssociation → Bell Telephone Company ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bell telephone enterprises

Mabel Gardiner Hubbard → memberOf → Bell Telephone Company ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bell Telephone Company (through family interests)

Thomas Sanders → coFounded → Bell Telephone Company ⓘ

Bell Fibe → brand → Bell Telephone Company ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bell

Bell Internet → brand → Bell Telephone Company ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bell

Bell wordmark (historical) → usedBy → Bell Telephone Company ⓘ

Bell Telephone controversy → significantOrganization → Bell Telephone Company ⓘ

Bell Telephone controversy → result → Bell Telephone Company ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bell Telephone Company maintained control over basic telephone patents

SWBT → foundedBy → Bell Telephone Company ⓘ

subject surface form: Southwestern Bell Telephone Company