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  2. Bell System Practices - Wikipedia

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    The Bell System Practices (BSPs) is a compilation of technical publications which describes the best methods of engineering, constructing, installing, and maintaining the telephone plant of the Bell System under direction of AT&T and Bell Telephone Laboratories. [1] Covering everything from accounting and human resources procedures through ...

  3. AT&T Merlin - Wikipedia

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    AT&T Merlin is a corporate telephone system by American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) that was introduced in late 1983, when it was branded American Bell Merlin. After the breakup of AT&T in 1984, it was rebranded and later also supplied by Lucent and Avaya. The system was designed at the beginning of the 1980s prior to the Bell System ...

  4. 5ESS Switching System - Wikipedia

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    5ESS Switching System. 5ESS used in a mobile telephone network. The 5ESS Switching System is a Class 5 telephone electronic switching system developed by Western Electric for the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) and the Bell System in the United States. It came into service in 1982 and the last unit was produced in 2003.

  5. List of telephone switches - Wikipedia

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    This lists Alcatel switches before the merger with Lucent Technologies. 1000 E10 / S12 (during the 1990s the E10 and S12 systems were converted into a single product line) E10 versions: E10A (E10N3)- Original switch introduced in 1972 one of the earliest deployments of TDM switching in the world. E10B (E10N1)- Major revision in the 1980s which ...

  6. Western Electric - Wikipedia

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    The Western Electric Company was an American electrical engineering and manufacturing company that operated from 1869 to 1996. A subsidiary of the AT&T Corporation for most of its lifespan, Western Electric was the primary manufacturer, supplier, and purchasing agent for all telephone equipment for the Bell System from 1881 until 1984, when the Bell System was dismantled.

  7. Switchboard operator - Wikipedia

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    The switchboard operator was a person who manually connected calls by plugging and unplugging cords on the switchboard. The role of the switchboard and operator was important because they were responsible for connecting callers with the correct party and ensuring that calls were completed correctly.

  8. Telephone exchange - Wikipedia

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    Telephone exchange. A telephone operator manually connecting calls with cord pairs at a telephone switchboard. A modern central office, equipped with voice communication and broadband data capabilities. A telephone exchange, also known as a telephone switch or central office, is a crucial component in the public switched telephone network (PSTN ...

  9. Model 500 telephone - Wikipedia

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    Model 500 telephone. The Western Electric model 500 telephone series was the standard domestic desk telephone set issued by the Bell System in North America from 1950 through the 1984 Bell System divestiture. The successor to the model 302 telephone, the model 500's modular construction compared to previous types simplified manufacture and ...