International Telephone & Telegraph

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conglomerate telecommunications company

International Telephone & Telegraph was a major 20th-century American conglomerate best known for its global telecommunications operations and later diversified industrial and technology businesses.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
International Telephone and Telegraph 2
International Telephone & Telegraph canonical 1
International Telephone & Telegraph Corporation 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf conglomerate ⓘ
telecommunications company ⓘ
acquired Avis Rent a Car NERFINISHED ⓘ
Continental Baking Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gilfillan Brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hartford Fire Insurance Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sheraton Hotels NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs ITT NERFINISHED ⓘ
ITT Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ
businessModel diversified conglomerate ⓘ
businessType publicly traded company ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dissolutionProcess breakup and spin-offs in the 1990s ⓘ
diversificationStrategy acquisitions across unrelated industries ⓘ
expandedInto Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Latin America NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedBy Hernan Behn NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sosthenes Behn NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation New York City ⓘ
historicalSignificance major player in global telecommunications development ⓘ
one of the largest U.S. conglomerates of the 20th century ⓘ
inception 1920 ⓘ
industry defense ⓘ
hospitality ⓘ
information technology ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
telecommunications ⓘ
involvedIn antitrust investigations ⓘ
political controversy in Chile ⓘ
keyActivity defense electronics production ⓘ
hotel and hospitality management ⓘ
insurance and financial services ⓘ
manufacture of telecommunications equipment ⓘ
operation of international telephone networks ⓘ
listedOn New York Stock Exchange ⓘ
notableFor diversified industrial businesses ⓘ
global telecommunications operations ⓘ
technology businesses ⓘ
operatedInCentury 20th century ⓘ
peakInfluencePeriod 1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
regulatoryScrutiny United States Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States Department of Justice NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor ITT Corporation (post-1995 restructuring) NERFINISHED ⓘ
ITT Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ
ITT Industries NERFINISHED ⓘ
supplied military communications systems ⓘ
telecommunications infrastructure ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

ITT Corporation → originalName → International Telephone & Telegraph ⓘ
ITT Corporation → hasPredecessor → International Telephone & Telegraph ⓘ
this entity surface form: International Telephone & Telegraph Corporation
ITT Corporation → alsoKnownAs → International Telephone & Telegraph ⓘ
this entity surface form: International Telephone and Telegraph
Philip W. Crosby → employer → International Telephone & Telegraph ⓘ
this entity surface form: International Telephone and Telegraph
Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola → employer → International Telephone & Telegraph ⓘ
this entity surface form: International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation