Visited bell labs. Named for alexander or graham bell, inventer of the telephone. The labs were created by at t. Theyre now owned by nokia, a Finnish Telecommunications company. We talked with bell labs president Marcus Weldon at the labs headquarters in new jersey. Host so, Marcus Weldon, where are we . Guest were at bell labs. The esteemed historical institution. But id like to say not just historical, in fact, very present and we like to think or very relevant to the future as well. Its an institution that has invented just about every technology, a system that led to lennox and thats what runs the internet. Your apple phone or your [inaudible] lasers that control the optics that do Long Distance communication, satellite communication, so we invented all of that and won a bunch of prizes for it. But we sort of consider ourselves the foundation of the internet. Host well, its 2017, who owns bell labs . Guest a Company Named nokia. That company you probably all remember from the 3310,
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