Bell Labs

Summary

Bell Labs is a privately held company^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.46% of privately_held_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,125 views/month, #2 of 434).^[2]

Key Facts

• Bell Labs received the National Medal of Technology and Innovation^[3].
• Bell Labs received the Technical Grammy Award^[4].
• Bell Labs is in the country of United States^[5].
• Bell Labs's image is recorded as Lucent HQ.gif^[6].
• Bell Labs's image is recorded as Bell Laboratories at New Providence, New Jersey (7235324892) (cropped).jpg^[7].
• Bell Labs's instance of is recorded as privately held company^[8].
• Bell Labs's instance of is recorded as research institute^[9].
• Bell Labs's instance of is recorded as publishing house^[10].
• Bell Labs's founder is recorded as Alexander Graham Bell^[11].
• Bell Labs's owned by is recorded as Q1418^[12].
• Alexander Graham Bell is named after Bell Labs^[13].
• Bell Labs's logo image is recorded as Nokia Bell Labs 2023.svg^[14].
• Bell Labs's headquarters location is recorded as Murray Hill^[15].
• Bell Labs's headquarters location is recorded as United States^[16].
• Bell Labs's headquarters location is recorded as New Jersey^[17].
• Bell Labs's ISNI is recorded as 0000000120340844^[18].
• Bell Labs's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 133679516^[19].
• Bell Labs's GND ID is recorded as 55324-4^[20].
• Bell Labs's GND ID is recorded as 214072-X^[21].
• Bell Labs's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79093275^[22].
• Bell Labs's IdRef ID is recorded as 140706607^[23].
• Bell Labs's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA02262959^[24].
• Bell Labs's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA00191372^[25].
• Bell Labs's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 001142519^[26].
• Bell Labs's part of is recorded as Alcatel-Lucent^[27].

Body

Founding

Bell Labs's founder is recorded as Alexander Graham Bell^[11]. +1925-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it^[28].

Identity

Bell Labs's part of is recorded as Alcatel-Lucent^[27].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Murray Hill^[15], an unincorporated community^[29], in United States^[30]; United States^[16], a sovereign state^[31], in United States^[32], founded in 1776^[33]; and New Jersey^[17], an U.S. state^[34], in United States^[35], founded in 1787^[36]. Bell Labs's parent organization or unit is recorded as Q1418^[37].

Industry

Industries include information technology^[38], software industry^[39], and research^[40].

Ownership

Bell Labs's owned by is recorded as Q1418^[12].

Recognition

Awards received include National Medal of Technology and Innovation^[3], a science award^[41], in United States^[42], founded in 1980^[43] and Technical Grammy Award^[4], a class of award^[44], in United States^[45], founded in 1994^[46].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Bell Labs include Plan 9^[47], a distributed operating system^[48].

Why It Matters

Bell Labs ranks in the top 0.46% of privately_held_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,125 views/month, #2 of 434).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[49] It is known by 75 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[50]

It is credited with the discovery of neper^[51], a logarithmic unit^[52]; Van Eck phreaking^[53]; bel^[54], a logarithmic unit^[55]; and twistor memory^[56]. Entities named for it include Plan 9^[47], a distributed operating system^[48].

FAQs

What awards did Bell Labs receive?

Honors received include National Medal of Technology and Innovation^[3] and Technical Grammy Award^[4].

What did Bell Labs discover?

Bell Labs is credited as discoverer of neper^[51], Van Eck phreaking^[53], bel^[54], and twistor memory^[56].