The Bell Telephone Company was the initial corporate entity from which the Bell System originated to build a continental conglomerate and monopoly in telecommunication services in the United States and Canada. Wikipedia
Founder: Gardiner Greene Hubbard
Subsidiaries: AT&T Corporation, Illinois Bell TelephoneCompany, Northwestern Bell, and more
Founded: July 9, 1877, Boston, MA
Owner: American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T)