AT&T Labs
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Research and development |
| Predecessor | AT&T Laboratories (1925-2005) |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Headquarters | Atlanta, Georgia Austin, Texas Middletown, New Jersey Redmond, Washington San Ramon, California Warrenville, Illinois |
| Parent | AT&T Communications |
| ASN | 25993 |
| Website | www |
AT&T Labs, Inc. (formerly AT&T Laboratories, Inc.) is the research & development division of AT&T, the telecommunications company. It employs some 1,800 people in various locations, including: Bedminster, New Jersey; Middletown, New Jersey; Manhattan, New York; Warrenville, Illinois; Austin, Texas; Dallas, Texas; Atlanta, Georgia; San Francisco, California; San Ramon, California; and Redmond, Washington. The main research division, made up of around 450 people, is based across the Bedminster, Middletown, San Francisco, and Manhattan locations.
AT&T Labs traces its history from AT&T Bell Labs. Much research is in areas traditionally associated with networks and systems, ranging from the physics of optical transmission to foundational topics in computing and communications. Other research areas address the technical challenges of large operational networks and the resulting large data sets.