-
Creation of Volta Labratory
Alexander Graham Bell was awarded the Volta Prize and used the money to start fund Volta Laboratory which later became Bell Labs after being purchased jointly by AT&T and Western Electric. -
Renamed to Bell Labs
The Volta/Bell Laboratory was officially renamed to Bell Labs under a partnership between Western Electric and AT&T in order to consolidate the research activities of the Bell System. -
Long-distance Transmition
Bell Labs successfully transmitted long-distance television images of Herbert Hoover from DC to New York. -
Radio Waves from the Center of the Galaxy
A researcher at Bell Labs named Karl Jansky discovered that radio waves were being emitted from the center of the galaxy while he was working to pin down a source of static in his experiments on shortwave radio communications. -
Invention of Stereophonic Recordings
Bell Labs records and transmits stereophonic recordings of the Philadelphia Orchestra live from Philadelphia to DC. -
The Creation of the Transistor!
John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, and William Shockley invented the transistor! -
Improvements to Transistors
While working at Bell Labs, William Pfann developed the method of zone melting which enabled more consistent purification of semiconductors during the doping process. -
The Introduction of the Metal-oxide Semiconductor Field-effect Transistor
Mohamed Atalla and Dawson Kahng invented the Metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor which improved efficiency and continues to underlying much of the integrated circuits our world is built on today. -
The Invention of the Continuous Light Laser
Donald Herriot built and tested the first continuous-light laser. -
The Launch of TelStar
John Pierce’s idea of communication satellites became a reality with the launch of TelStar. -
The Introduction of UNIX
Ken Thompson and Denis Richie release the Unix Operating System & C Programming Language they developed while at Bell Labs. -
The Introduction of Optical Fiber to Trasmit Data
Bell Labs tests some of the first Optical fiber systems in Georgia. -
From C to C++
Bjarne Stroustrup started developing the C++ programming language as an extension to C while at Bell Laboratories. -
AT&T's Refactor of Bell to Lucent Technologies
AT&T turned Bell Laboratories, along with it’s manufacturing business into Lucent Technologies. -
The DNA Sequencing Revolution
Alcatel-Lucent Technologies designed some of the first DNA sequencing machine prototypes. -
Breaking an Internet Speed Record
Alcatel-Lucent Technologies announced they had broken the internet speed record with reported speeds of 10 Gigabits per second. -
Nokia's Accusition of Alcatel-Lucent of the Return of Bell Labs
Nokia bought the Alcatel-Lucent company for $16.6 billion and renamed it to Nokia Bell Labs.
