Before AT&T was broken up in 1984 by court order, the Bell System referred to AT&T and all the Bell Telephone companies that were part of it, but had separate names to provide a regional flavor.

And he literally wrote the book on American telephone history. - [Richard R. John] The Bell System itself, the concept, was popularized by Bell public relation agents after an antitrust suit in 1913.

The United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, Mr. H.W. McCorry, has renewed his application to the Department of Justice to test the validity of the Bell Telephone patent ...

Last year, volunteer bell ringers alone helped to raise $451,415.78 of The Salvation Army’s Christmas campaign total.

With control of phone service, phone manufacturing, and research, AT&T now had a solid monopoly. In the early 1900s, the public ... AT&T kept Bell Labs and the long distance system, while the ...

Bell Labs. Second, he cooperated with the competitors, leasing them the use of AT&T's phone lines. Third, he managed to convince the public and the government that the best possible phone system ...

The Bristol Virginia School Board is expected to vote on a revised student cell phone policy at its December meeting.

Bell asked. He’d thought of charging a flat rate for public transport ... there were no telephones,” said the inventor of the telephone to thunderous applause. As America’s entry into ...

The artifact also could help illuminate the broader economic ties with the U.S. military as well as lesser known stories ...

The state of Missouri put him to death despite serious questions about the evidence against him, jurors’ misgivings, and the ...

Southside schools are taking steps to crack down on cell phone use during the school day, and changes expected soon in Henry County.

Luke Thomas is a self-described combat analyst. His beat is mostly mixed martial arts, boxing and, as he succinctly puts it, “anytime people are trying to hurt each other physically.” I became a fan ...