American Telephone and Telegraph Company (or AT&T) began as Bell Telephone in 1877. Bell Telephone was founded by Alexander Graham Bell a year after he'd invented the telephone. That year the ...

Bell's second patent, dated January 30, 1877, covers the construction of ... important patents are held by the American Bell Telephone Company which have long terms to run; these are explained ...

On July 11, 1877, after a few more demonstrations ... AT&T was organized in 1885 as the parent company of Bell Telephone, rather than the other way around. The search for a solution was already ...