What happened to AT&T during the 1980s?

During the years of the suit, AT&T continued to grow. Both 1980 and 1981 were years of record profits. The $6.9 billion AT&T made in 1981 was the highest profit for any company to that time. The Breakup of the Bell System in the 1980s The DOJ suit finally came to trial in 1981. By then, AT&T and the government both wanted to settle the case.

What did AT&T do in 1925?

In 1925, AT&T created a new unit called Bell Telephone Laboratories, commonly known as Bell Labs. This research and development unit proved highly successful, pioneering, among other things, radio astronomy, the transistor, the photovoltaic cell, the Unix operating system, and the C programming language.

What happened to AT&T in 1974?

AT&T, a 1974 United States Department of Justice antitrust suit against AT&T. Under the settlement, AT&T ("Ma Bell") agreed to divest its local exchange service operating companies, in return for a chance to go into the computer business (see AT&T Computer Systems ).