Western Electric

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Western Electric
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Western Electric

Summary

Western Electric is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (336 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Western Electric is in the country of United States[3].
  • Western Electric's image is recorded as WesternElectric 1914.jpg[4].
  • Western Electric's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • Western Electric's instance of is recorded as enterprise[6].
  • Western Electric's instance of is recorded as organization[7].
  • Western Electric's logo image is recorded as Western Electric logo.svg[8].
  • Western Electric's followed by is recorded as AT&T Technologies[9].
  • Western Electric's headquarters location is recorded as New York City[10].
  • Western Electric's ISNI is recorded as 0000000122154543[11].
  • Western Electric's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 124972121[12].
  • Western Electric's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n50064949[13].
  • Western Electric's IdRef ID is recorded as 066857058[14].
  • Western Electric's location is recorded as New York City[15].
  • Western Electric's child organization or unit is recorded as Westrex Corp.[16].
  • Western Electric's Commons category is recorded as Western Electric[17].
  • Western Electric's industry is recorded as telecommunications[18].
  • Western Electric's industry is recorded as electrical industry[19].
  • Western Electric's industry is recorded as electronics industry[20].
  • Western Electric's has part is recorded as Westrex Corp.[21].
  • +1869-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Western Electric[22].
  • Western Electric was dissolved in +1996-02-07T00:00:00Z[23].
  • Western Electric's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01hgbb[24].
  • Western Electric's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as vse2011664083[25].
  • Western Electric's parent organization or unit is recorded as AT&T[26].
  • Western Electric's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Western Electric telephones[27].

Body

Founding

+1869-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Western Electric[22].

Identity

Western Electric's followed by is recorded as AT&T Technologies[9].

Operations

Western Electric's headquarters location is recorded as New York City[10]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as AT&T[26]. Its child organization or unit is recorded as Westrex Corp.[16].

Industry

Industries include telecommunications[18], electrical industry[19], and electronics industry[20].

Ownership

Western Electric's product or material produced is recorded as telephone[28].

Dissolution

Western Electric was dissolved in +1996-02-07T00:00:00Z[23].

Why It Matters

Western Electric ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (336 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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  7. [9] . encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org. Retrieved . encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org. Retrieved . encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org. Retrieved . encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  26. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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