Bell Labs

The research and development center of Lucent Technologies, formerly AT&T. Bell Labs is one of the most renowned scientific laboratories in the world.

The Real Bell

Alexander Graham Bell was born in Scotland in 1847 and died in 1922. His famous sentence "Mr. Watson. Come here! I want you!" were the first words to travel over a wire, ringing in the birth of electronic communications. (Image courtesy of AT&T.)

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