AT&T Laboratories 3874739 220678687 2008-06-21T01:11:13Z Eubot 231599 Hatnote formatting, see [[User:Eubot/Hatnote formatting]] :''For the currently-existing research and development division of [[AT&T|AT&T Inc.]], formerly SBC Laboratories, see [[AT&T Labs]].'' {{Infobox Defunct Company | 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]] | key_people = | products = | num_employees = | parent = | subsid = }} '''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] {{DEFAULTSORT:At&t Laboratories}} [[Category:AT&T]] [[Category:Bell System]] [[Category:Companies established in 1925]] [[Category:2005 disestablishments]]