Is Bell Labs still as good as it used to be?

Bell Labs still exists? I mean that more with rhetoric than sarcasm. I think the Bell Labs name has been retained for historical and branding reasons, but it no longer exists in the sense that it once did. read more

There may still be some good work going on there, but the relation to the old Bell Labs is primarily in name. read more

After the breakup of AT&T, much of the assets of Bell Labs (it's people and patents and things) where rolled into Lucent. But Lucent itself kind of melted down during the communications industry collapse in 2000. read more

On May 20, 2014, Bell Labs announced the Bell Labs Prize, a competition for innovators to offer proposals in information and communication technologies, with cash awards of up to $100,000 for the grand prize. read more