Company type | Private (Subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent) |
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Industry | Information technology |
Founded | 1925 |
Headquarters | Murray Hill, New Jersey, United States |
Parent | AT&T/Western Electric (1925-1983) AT&T (1984-1996) Lucent (1996-2006) Alcatel-Lucent (2006-present) |
Bell Laboratories (or Bell Labs) is part of the French company Alcatel-Lucent which in turn is owned by Nokia. It is a research subsidiary of the company, and is based in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, United States.
AT&T created Bell Telephone Laboratories in 1925. It works on creating new things. Bell Labs in the 20th century did much scientific research. Work done there has won seven Nobel Prizes.