GTE Automatic Electric

E773490

subsidiary telecommunications equipment manufacturer

GTE Automatic Electric was a major U.S. telecommunications equipment manufacturer known for producing telephone switching systems and related hardware, particularly for independent telephone companies.

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Label	Occurrences
GTE Automatic Electric canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	subsidiary ⓘ telecommunications equipment manufacturer ⓘ
areaServed	North America ⓘ United States local exchange carriers ⓘ
associatedWith	Automatic Electric Company NERFINISHED ⓘ GTE Service Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ
competitor	ITT Kellogg NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Electric NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Electric NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
headquartersLocation	Illinois (historically, via Automatic Electric in Chicago area) NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRole	alternative equipment source to Bell System Western Electric ⓘ major supplier of switching equipment to independent telephone companies in the U.S. ⓘ
industry	telecommunications ⓘ telecommunications equipment ⓘ
notableTechnology	crossbar switching technology ⓘ electronic stored program control switches ⓘ step-by-step switching systems ⓘ
parentCompany	GTE Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ General Telephone & Electronics Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor	Automatic Electric Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
product	central office equipment ⓘ crossbar switching systems ⓘ electromechanical telephone switches ⓘ electronic switching systems ⓘ private branch exchange systems ⓘ telephone sets ⓘ telephone switching systems ⓘ
reasonForNotability	production of telephone switching systems and related hardware ⓘ
servedCustomerType	GTE operating companies ⓘ independent telephone companies ⓘ
status	defunct ⓘ
successor	GTE Network Systems NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucent Technologies (through later corporate reorganizations) NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	20th century ⓘ

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General Telephone & Electronics Corporation → hadSubsidiary → GTE Automatic Electric ⓘ