currently existing research and development division of at & t inc. formerly sbc laboratories see at & t labs . this article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations . please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . august 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message at & t laboratories inc. at & t labs logo 1999 2005 formerly called bell telephone laboratories inc. former type division industry research & development fate absorbed predecessor bell laboratories inc. successor at & t labs founded 1925 1925 in florham park new jersey founder alexander graham bell defunct 2005 2005 headquarters florham park new jersey products multiple patents owner sbc communications number of employees 1 300 parent at & t corporation website at & t labs website under old at & t at & t laboratories inc. was the research & development division of at & t corporation . it was founded in 1925 as bell telephone laboratories inc. following the merger of the research & development divisions of american telephone & telegraph and western electric . history edit for history from 1925 to 1996 see bell laboratories . in 1996 most of bell labs was spun off into lucent technologies along with at & t technologies formerly western electric and the bell labs name . research dealing with telephone equipment and most physical research went to lucent ; a smaller number of researchers dealing with voice technology network management and software stayed with at & t bell laboratories inc. which was now renamed at & t laboratories inc. locations include shannon labs in florham park nj and middletown nj . in 2005 sbc communications purchased at & t corporation and changed its own corporate name to at & t inc. the operations of at & t laboratories were then absorbed into sbc s r & d division sbc laboratories which then was renamed at & t labs inc. external links edit at & t labs website under old at & t v t e at & t corporate directors chairman ceo and president randall l. stephenson gil amelio august busch iii martin k. eby jr. james a. henderson charles f. knight lynn morley martin john b. mccoy mary s. metz toni rembe s. donley ritchey joyce m. roche laura tyson patricia p. upton acquired companies at & t corporation ameritech bellsouth directv pacific telesis southern new england telecommunications at & t mexico unef n bell operating companies bellsouth telecommunications illinois bell indiana bell michigan bell nevada bell ohio bell pacific bell southwestern bell wisconsin bell competitive local exchange carrier sbc telecom long distance services alascom at & t corporation bellsouth long distance sbc long distance at & t mobility alltel ameritech cellular at & t wireless services bellsouth mobility bellsouth mobility dcs centennial wireless dobson communications houston cellular pacific bell wireless pacific bell wireless northwest sbc wireless snet mobility southwestern bell mobile systems southwestern bell wireless internet services ip services voip iptv u verse at & t internet services ameritech interactive media services pacific bell internet services prodigy southwestern bell internet services other isps at & t business internet bellsouth fastaccess dsl directories anywho.com yellowpages.com television channels at & t sports networks root sports northwest 40 % pittsburgh rocky mountain southwest utah other game show network 42 % mlb network 16.67 % audience telephone directories yp holdings 47 % at & t intellectual property at & t intellectual property i at & t intellectual property ii at & t intellectual property marketing at & t properties ameritech properties research and development at & t labs retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title at % 26t laboratories & oldid 743176971 categories at & tbell systemcompanies disestablished in 20051928 establishments in new jerseyamerican companies established in 1925technology companies established in 1925electronics companies established in 1925hidden categories articles lacking in text citations from august 2010all articles lacking in text citations navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 8 october 2016 at 09 17 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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