And he literally wrote the book on American telephone history. - [Richard R. John] The Bell System itself, the concept, was popularized by Bell public relation agents after an antitrust suit in 1913.

Before AT&T was broken up in 1984 by court order, the Bell System referred to AT&T and all the Bell Telephone companies that were part of it, but had separate names to provide a regional flavor.

Bell aviation is a pioneer when it comes to aviation, lunar missions, tiltrotor systems, and commercial helicopters. With ...