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General Telephone and Electronics (100 words) |
 | General Telephone and Electronics was the largest of the "independent" telephone companies during the days of the Bell System[?]. |
| GTE provided local telephone service in a large number of areas of the U.S. They also owned Automatic Electric[?], a telephone equipment supplier similar in many ways to Western Electric. |
| GTE operated in Canada via controlling interest in subsidiary companies such as BC TEL and Quebec Tel[?]. |
| Western Electric: Information from Answers.com (1792 words) |
| The generally well-received collection was notable for melding the 12-string jangle of classic period Byrds with strange audio blurbs and various psychedelic rock elements. |
| This telephone was known as the "102" phone, and had a round base; it was succeeded in 1930 by the "202" phone, which was identical except for the shape of the base, which was oval. |
| Telephones made by Western Electric prior to the breakup continued to be manfactured and continued to be marked "Western Electric", with the Bell logo absent, or "hidden" by metal filler inside of all telephone housings and most components, including new electronic integrated circuits with the famous "WE" initials. |
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