AT&T Laboratories, Inc. was the research & development division of AT&T Corporation. It was founded in 1925 as Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc., following the merger of the research & development divisions of American Telephone & Telegraph and Western Electric. History In 1996, most of Bell Labs was spun off into Lucent Technologies, along with AT&T Technologies, formerly Western Electric, and the Bell Labs name. Research dealing with telephone equipment and most physical research went to Lucent. But a smaller number of researchers dealing with voice technology, network management, and software stayed with AT&T Bell Laboratories, Inc., which was renamed AT&T Laboratories, Inc. Locations included Shannon Labs in Florham Park, New Jersey, and Middletown, New Jersey. In 2005, SBC Communications purchased AT&T Corporation, and changed its own corporate name to AT&T Inc. The operations of AT&T Laboratories were then absorbed into SBC's R&D division, SBC Laboratories, which then was renamed AT&T Labs, Inc. External links AT&T Labs website under old AT&T AT&T subsidiaries Bell System American companies disestablished in 2005 1928 establishments in New Jersey American companies established in 1925 Technology companies established in 1925 Electronics companies established in 1925