AT&T Labs
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AT&T Labs, Inc. is the research & development arm of American telecommunications giant, AT&T.
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[edit] History
[edit] AT&T Laboratories
AT&T Labs, the name, originated in 1996, when AT&T spun-off most of AT&T Bell Laboratories, Inc. into Lucent Technologies, who then used the Bell Labs name for its R&D functions. Areas focusing on computer and communications science were retained by AT&T as the retitled 'AT&T Laboratories'. In 1999 AT&T Labs acquired the Olivetti Research Laboratory in Cambridge, England.
[edit] SBC Laboratories
SBC Laboratories, Inc. was founded in 1988 as the research and development division of SBC Communications, Inc.
[edit] The New AT&T Labs
In 2005, SBC Communications and AT&T Corp. merged to form AT&T Inc., "The New AT&T". AT&T Labs, Inc. became the new name of the combination of the original AT&T Laboratories and SBC Laboratories.
[edit] BellSouth Laboratories
On December 29, 2006, AT&T completed its acquisition of BellSouth, which also had an R&D division of its own, BellSouth Labs. The current AT&T Laboratories consists of the once separate operations of SBC Labs, AT&T Labs, and BellSouth Labs.
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