Bell Labs has helped weave the technological fabric of modern society. Since its founding in 1925, technology from Bell Labs has shaped the ways people live, work and play. Over the past 80 years, the Bell Labs R&D community has made seminal scientific discoveries, created powerful new technologies, and built the world's most advanced and reliable networks. Today, guided by both experience and vision, this creative force is part of the innovation engine that's helping Alcatel-Lucent's customers build and manage broadband, multi-service networks for the next century.