...The largest telecommunications company in the United States, AT&T operates a mobile phone service (AT&T Wireless Service) and an Internet service (AT&T WorldNet) with long-distance business at its core, and is also focusing on overseas business, expanding its partnerships with major telecommunications companies around the world under the name "World Partners." The company was established in 1885 as a 100% subsidiary of the American Bell Telephone Company, which was founded by Alexander Graham Bell, with the aim of providing long-distance line services (its name at that time was AT&T = American Telephone and Telegraph Company, although there is no full name that corresponds to the current AT&T). Later, in 1899, AT&T itself became a holding company through a stock exchange with the Bell Telephone Company, and became a monopoly telecommunications company in the United States, with Western Electric (the manufacturing division), Bell Telephone Laboratories (the research and development division), local telephone operating companies, and long-distance telephone services under its umbrella. ... *Some of the terminology referenced in "American Telephone and Telegraph Co." is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…アメリカ最大の電気通信企業体で,長距離回線事業を中核にして,携帯電話事業(AT & T Wireless Service),インターネット事業(AT & T WorldNet)を展開するほか海外事業にも力を入れ,世界の大手電気通信事業体との間で〈ワールド・パートナーズ〉という提携関係を拡大しつつある。同社は,1885年,アレキサンダー・グラハム・ベルが設立したアメリカ・ベル電話会社の100パーセント子会社として,長距離回線サービス提供を目的にして設立された(その時の名称がAT & T=American Telephone and Telegraph Company,なお現在のAT & Tに対応するフルネームはない)。その後1899年,ベル電話会社と株式交換によりAT & T自身が持株会社となり,製造部門であるウェスタン・エレクトリック,研究開発部門であるベル電話研究所,市内電話運用会社,市外電話業務を傘下におさめるアメリカの独占的電気通信企業体となった。… ※「American Telephone and Telegraph Co.」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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