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===American Bell Telephone Company===

===American Bell Telephone Company===

On July 9, 1877, Bell, Hubbard and Sanders established the Bell Telephone Company. Bell married Mabel Hubbard and they travelled to London for their honeymoon for two years. While in London, he demonstrated the telephone to the Queen.<ref>[http://www.telephonymuseum.com/A.G.%20Bell%201876-1880.htm A.G. Bell 1876-1880]</ref>  The management of the company was primarily handled by Hubbard. The company acquired its first license to operate a telephone exchange in New Haven, Connecticut in 1878. <ref>[http://www.corp.att.com/history/history1.html Origins of AT&T]</ref>  By the middle of 1878, Hubbard hired Theodore Vail as the new General Manager of the Bell Telephone Company. He was responsible in creating the Bell System, the biggest telecommunications monopoly.<ref>[http://www.telephonymuseum.com/telephone%20history.htm Telephone History: The Early Years]</ref>  

On July 9, 1877, Bell, Hubbard and Sanders established the Bell Telephone Company. Bell married Mabel Hubbard and they travelled to London for their honeymoon for two years. While in London, he demonstrated the telephone to the Queen.<ref>[http://www.telephonymuseum.com/A.G.%20Bell%201876-1880.htm A.G. Bell 1876-1880]</ref>  The management of the company was primarily handled by Hubbard. The company acquired its first license to operate a telephone exchange in New Haven, Connecticut in 1878. <ref>[http://www.corp.att.com/history/history1.html Origins of AT&T]</ref>  By the middle of 1878, Hubbard hired Theodore Vail as the new General Manager of the Bell Telephone Company. He was responsible in creating the Bell System, the biggest telecommunications monopoly.<ref>[http://www.telephonymuseum.com/telephone%20history.htm Telephone History: The Early Years]</ref>  

In 1880,  Bell Telephone Company was incorporated in Massachusetts as American Bell Telephone Company.<ref>[http://www.telcomhistory.org/vm/histories.shtml Telecommunications Virtual Museum]</ref>  

In 1880,  Bell Telephone Company was incorporated in Massachusetts as American Bell Telephone Company.<ref>[http://www.telcomhistory.org/vm/histories.shtml Telecommunications Virtual Museum]</ref> In 1882, American Bell Telephone Company purchased majority shares of the Western Electric Company and it became its primary supplier for telephone equipment.<ref>[http://www.corp.att.com/history/milestones.html Milestones in AT&T History]</ref>

 

In 1882, American Bell Telephone Company secured a supplier for telephone equipment after obtaining majority interest in the Western Electric Company. <ref>[http://www.corp.att.com/history/milestones.html Milestones in AT&T History]</ref>

===American Telephone and Telegraphic (AT&T) Company===

===American Telephone and Telegraphic (AT&T) Company===