The Bell Telephone Company was founded in 1877 by Alexander Graham Bell's father-in-law Gardiner Greene Hubbard, who also helped organize a sister company — the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company. The two companies merged in 1879 to form the National Bell Telephone Company, which in 1880 merged with others to form the American Bell Telephone Company
John Elbridge Hudson joined the firm as counsel in 1880 and served as president from 1889 to 1900.
America Bell Telephone Company in turn was acquired by the American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T) on December 30, 1899. AT&T would later undergo mergers with SBC Communications and BellSouth to become the New AT&T.
See also
- The Bell System, a name and trademark formerly used by AT&T.
- The Regional Bell Operating Companies, which were divested from the Bell System in 1984.
- Bell Canada, originally founded in 1880 as 'The Bell Telephone Company of Canada Ltd.' after its predecessor was sold by Alexander Graham Bell's father Melville Bell to The National Bell Telephone Company of Boston, MA, which itself evolved into AT&T. AT&T later divested its ownership of The Bell Telephone Company of Canada starting in 1956.
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