Automatic Electric
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Automatic Electric was a major American manufacturer of telephone equipment, particularly known for its role in developing and supplying automatic switching systems in the 20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Automatic Electric canonical | 1 |
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
company
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telecommunications equipment manufacturer ⓘ |
| activeInCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| associatedWith | independent telephone industry in North America ⓘ |
| basedIn |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| businessModel | manufacturing and supplying telephone equipment ⓘ |
| competitor | Western Electric NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| equipmentType |
PBX systems
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local exchange switching equipment ⓘ subscriber telephones ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
helped expand automatic telephone service in the United States
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major non-Bell supplier of automatic switching equipment ⓘ |
| industry |
telecommunications
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telephone equipment manufacturing ⓘ |
| knownFor |
development of automatic telephone exchanges
ⓘ
supplying equipment to non-Bell telephone companies ⓘ |
| notableFor | automatic telephone switching systems ⓘ |
| product |
central office switching equipment
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private branch exchange systems ⓘ step-by-step telephone switching equipment ⓘ telephone sets ⓘ |
| role | supplier of automatic switching systems ⓘ |
| servedMarket | independent telephone companies in the United States ⓘ |
| technologyType |
automatic switching systems
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electromechanical switching ⓘ |
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