Bell Communications Research Inc., "Bellcore"
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ellcore is the research and engineering arm of Bell Atlantic and New Jersey Bell, along with all the other regional telephone companies that were established in 1984. Headquartered in Livingston, N.J., Bellcore has reached facilities in Morristown and Red Bank, a software systems center in Piscataway, an industry training center in Lisle, Ill., and government relations offices in Washington, D.C. It also maintains a National Security and Emergency Preparedness office in Washington to coordinate the nation's telecommunications needs in case of a national disaster.
Bellcore's four major segments-Applied Research, Network, Integrated Operations, and Services-work closely with each other to assist its owners in providing high-quality telecommunications services to their business and residential customers.
During 1991, Bellcore continued its work on high-speed, fiber-optic networks than can transport a billion bits of data each second - roughly the equivalent of 30,000 single-spaced typed pages. The company also readied a high-speed data service, to be available through telephone companies, that will make it possible for businesses to link their computer networks across wide
areas and transmit data at high speeds. Bellcore also began a New Jersey test of Personal Access Services that enable telephone company customers "on-the-move" to receive calls when they are away from their primary telephone. At the same time, it is working with the phone companies to develop Personal Communications Services that will make it possible for customers to receive call on cordless telephones via personal number that is not linked to any geographic location.
Bellcore's work on the Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) will pave the way for telephone services that combine voice, video, data, and graphics over a single line. During 1991, the company undertook extensive work on the Advanced Intelligent Network that will enable the telephone companies to rapidly design, develop and introduce advanced services, such as today's Caller ID, preferred call forwarding and distinctive ringing.
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