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(Bellcore) The research laboratory for the seven regionalBell Telephone companies in the USA that were created by thedivestiture of AT&T in 1984.It can be compared to Bell Laboratories, for which manyBellcore employees used to work. Currently jointly owned bythe seven baby bells (as they are called), there are rumoursthat it is to be sold by its current owners to become anindependent research laboratoryIts headquarters are in Livingstone, New Jersey. It hasoffices in Morristown, Lincroft, and Piscataway, all inNew Jersey, USA.Telephone: +1 (201) 74 3000, +1 (800) 521 CORE.