AT&T Laboratories
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:''For the currently-existing research and development division of [[AT&T|AT&T Inc.]], formerly SBC Laboratories, see [[AT&T Labs]].''
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| company_name = AT&T Laboratories, Inc.|
| company_logo = [[Image:logo att labs.gif|AT&T Labs logo, 1999-2005]]|
| fate = Absorbed
| successor = [[AT&T Labs]]
| foundation = [[1925]]
| defunct = [[2005]]
| location = [[Murray Hill, NJ]], [[USA]]
| industry = [[R&D|Research & Development]]
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'''AT&T Laboratories, Inc.''' was the [[R&D|research & development]] division of [[American Telephone & Telegraph|AT&T Corporation]]. It was founded in [[1925]] as '''Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc.''', following the merger of the research & development divisions of [[American Telephone & Telegraph]] and [[Western Electric]].
==History==
{{for|history from [[1925]] to [[1996]]|Bell Laboratories}}
In [[1996]], most of [[Bell Labs]] was spun off into [[Lucent Technologies (old company)|Lucent Technologies]], along with [[AT&T Technologies]], formerly [[Western Electric]], and the Bell Labs name. Research dealing with telephone equipment and most physical research went to Lucent; a smaller number of researchers dealing with voice technology, network management, and software stayed with AT&T Bell Laboratories, Inc., which was now renamed '''AT&T Laboratories, Inc.''' Locations include Shannon Labs in Florham Park, NJ and Middletown, NJ.
In [[2005]], SBC Communications purchased AT&T Corporation, and changed its own corporate name to '''[[AT&T|AT&T Inc.]]''' The operations of AT&T Laboratories were then absorbed into SBC's R&D division, SBC Laboratories, which then was renamed '''AT&T Labs, Inc.'''
==External links==
*[http://www.corp.att.com/attlabs/ AT&T Labs website under old AT&T]
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[[Category:AT&T]]
[[Category:Bell System]]
[[Category:Companies established in 1925]]
[[Category:2005 disestablishments]]