Telephone Engineer Bags
Description: General Telephone & Electronics Corporation (GTE ), was the largest independent telephone company in the United States during the days of the Bell System. The company was founded in 1934, with roots tracing back well into the 1920s. GTE's groundwork was laid by Wisconsin-based Associated Telephone Utilities Company in 1926, going bankrupt in 1933 during the Great Depression, and reorganizing as General Telephone & Electronics Corporation in 1934. While the company went through countless branding changes before being bought out by Bell Atlantic in 2000, this particular design is one of the most well-known logos that were in place throughout their last thirty or so years of operation.
Description: Founded in Redmond, Washington in 1986, McCaw Cellular Communications was a cellular telephone pioneer that had been laying the groundwork for a cellular empire since 1981 while operating as a cable TV provider. Savvy licensing of cellular spectrum in the early '80s put McCaw Cellular in an extremely strong position, quickly outpacing the growth of the "Baby Bells" in the emerging market. Key acquisitions of mobile businesses gave them widespread access in all of the major US markets. In 1990, McCaw owned the first truly national cellular system. A national telecommunications company purchased 33% of the company in 1992, and arranged a merger in 1994 that absorbed McCaw Cellular Communications.
