American Bell

American Bell refers to two entities that were associated with the Bell System.

  • Bell Telephone Company, at one time known as American Bell Telephone Company, original parent of American Telephone and Telegraph Company
  • AT&T Information Systems, founded in 1982 as American Bell, Inc., an unregulated subsidiary of American Telephone and Telegraph Company that sold telephone equipment

Famous quotes containing the words american and/or bell:

    “... it was not very unusual at Washington for a lady to take the arm of a gentleman, who was neither her husband, her father, nor her brother. This remarkable relaxation of American decorum has been probably introduced by the foreign legations.”
    —Frances Trollope (1780–1863)

    “You owe me ten shillings,
    Say the bells of St. Helen’s.
    When will you pay me?
    Say the bells of Old Bailey.
    When I grow rich,
    Say the bells of Shoreditch.
    Pray when will that be?
    Say the bells of Stepney.
    I am sure I don’t know,
    Says the great bell of Bow.”
    —Unknown. The Bells of London (l. 13–22)