Bell Telephone Company companies and to provide further funds for expansion of its overall telephone infrastructure. On April 17, 1880, National Bell was split into the American Bell Telephone Company, led by Theodore Vail as general manager, and with the International Bell Telephone Company (IBTC) as a holding company for its international subsidiaries. IBTC's first non-North American subsidiary was the Bell Telephone Manufacturing Company (BTM), established by Hubbard at Antwerp, Belgium, in 1882. The Bell System's Bell Telephone Company of Canada subsidiary, wholly owned by the National Bell, had been established two years earlier. Alexander Graham Bell's ten shares of Bell Telephone Company
IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal The IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal is an award honoring ""exceptional contributions to the advancement of communications sciences and engineering"" in the field of telecommunications. The medal is one of the highest honor awarded by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers for achievements in telecommunication sciences and engineering. It was instituted in 1976 by the directors of the world's largest professional society, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), commemorating the centennial of the invention of the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell. The award is presented either to an individual, or to a