Bell Telephone Company

Summary

Bell Telephone Company is a business^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,412 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Bell Telephone Company is in the country of United States^[3].
• Bell Telephone Company's instance of is recorded as business^[4].
• Bell Telephone Company's founder is recorded as Gardiner Greene Hubbard^[5].
• Bell Telephone Company's child organization or unit is recorded as Bell Canada^[6].
• Bell Telephone Company's child organization or unit is recorded as Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania^[7].
• Bell Telephone Company's child organization or unit is recorded as New York Telephone Company^[8].
• Bell Telephone Company's Commons category is recorded as Bell Telephone Company^[9].
• Bell Telephone Company's industry is recorded as telecommunications^[10].
• Bell Telephone Company's archives at is recorded as Elgin County Archives^[11].
• Bell Telephone Company's archives at is recorded as Port Hope Archives^[12].
• July 9, 1877 marks the founding of Bell Telephone Company^[13].
• Bell Telephone Company was dissolved in 1899^[14].
• Bell Telephone Company's location of formation is recorded as Boston^[15].
• Bell Telephone Company's parent organization or unit is recorded as AT&T Corporation^[16].
• Bell Telephone Company's legal form is recorded as limited company^[17].
• Bell Telephone Company's legal form is recorded as limited company^[18].
• Bell Telephone Company's legal form is recorded as limited company^[19].
• Bell Telephone Company's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject University of Toronto Libraries/Canadian Business Archives^[20].

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Founding

Bell Telephone Company's founder is recorded as Gardiner Greene Hubbard^[5]. July 9, 1877 marks the founding of it^[13]. Its location of formation is recorded as Boston^[15].

Operations

Bell Telephone Company's parent organization or unit is recorded as AT&T Corporation^[16]. Subsidiaries include Bell Canada^[6], a business^[21], in Canada^[22], founded in 1880^[23], headquartered in Île des Soeurs^[24]; it of Pennsylvania^[7], a business^[25], in United States^[26], founded in 1879^[27], headquartered in Philadelphia^[28]; and New York Telephone Company^[8], a telephone company^[29], in United States^[30], founded in 1896^[31].

Industry

Bell Telephone Company's industry is recorded as telecommunications^[10].

Dissolution

Bell Telephone Company was dissolved in 1899^[14].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Bell Telephone Company include Altafiber^[32], a business^[33], in United States^[34], founded in 1873^[35], headquartered in Cincinnati^[36].

Why It Matters

Bell Telephone Company ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,412 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]

Entities named for it include Altafiber^[32], a business^[33], in United States^[34], founded in 1873^[35], headquartered in Cincinnati^[36].