<P> The history of AT&T dates back to the invention of the telephone itself . The Bell Telephone Company was established in 1879 by Alexander Graham Bell , the inventor of the telephone . Bell also established American Telephone and Telegraph Company in 1885 , which acquired the Bell Telephone Company and became the primary phone company in the United States . This company maintained a monopoly on telephone service in the United States until anti-trust regulators split the company in 1982 . </P>
<P> The history of AT&T dates back to the invention of the telephone itself . The Bell Telephone Company was established in 1879 by Alexander Graham Bell , the inventor of the telephone . Bell also established American Telephone and Telegraph Company in 1885 , which acquired the Bell Telephone Company and became the primary phone company in the United States . This company maintained a monopoly on telephone service in the United States until anti-trust regulators split the company in 1982 . </P>
who founded the company that eventually became at&t
who founded the company that eventually became at&t
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell