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6 Ιαν 2010 · Introduction. Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 January 2010. Peter Temin. With. Louis Galambos. Chapter. Get access. Summary. The forces that would break apart the mighty Bell System within fifteen years were already visible in 1970 to those who cared to look.
Western Electric, unifying the efforts of \'VE people in the six areas of the company's function for the Bell System: manufacturing, systems equipment engineering, installation, distribution, repair, and pur chasing.
The Bell System was a system of telecommunication companies, led by the Bell Telephone Company and later by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), that dominated the telephone services industry in North America for over 100 years from its creation in 1877 until its antitrust breakup in 1983.
The Bell System, building on its war experience at Bell Laboratories and Western Electric, was engaged in major defense communications and guidance systems projects for the U.S. government, notably Nike, "White Alice," and DEW line.
The extensive volume, A History of Engineering and Science in the Bell System: The Early Years (1875-1925), ed. M. D. Fagen (Warren, N.J., 1975), is a reliable source of detailed information on many of Bell's early engineering developments and is recommended as an introduction to early telephone technology. Studies which address the general ques-
Abstract and Figures. Public Full-text. A History of Engineering and Science in the Bell System Physical Sciences (1925-1980) Prepared by Members of the Technical Staff, AT&T Bell Laboratories. S. Millman, Editor. AT&T Bell Laboratories Credits for figm·es taken from other than Bell System sources appear on page 641.
The breakup of the Bell System resulted in the creation of seven independent companies that were formed from the original twenty-two AT&T-controlled members of the System. [5] On January 1, 1984, these companies were NYNEX, Pacific Telesis, Ameritech, Bell Atlantic, Southwestern Bell Corporation, BellSouth, and US West.
