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'''Telcordia Technologies''', formerly '''Bell Communications Research, Inc.''' or '''Bellcore''', is an [[United States|American]] telecommunications R&D (Research & Development) company created on [[January 1]] [[1984]] as part of the 1982 Modified Final Judgment that broke up the [[Bell System]]. Bellcore provided joint research & development, standards setting, and centralized government point-of-contact functions for its co-owners, the seven Regional Holding Companies (the so-called [[Baby Bell]]s 1. Ameritech ([[SBC]]) 2. Bell Atlantic ([[Verizon]]) 3. BellSouth (Verizon) 4. Pacific Telesis Group (SBC) 5. Southwestern Bell (SBC) 6. US West ([[Qwest]]) & 7. NYNEX (Verizon). [[Regional Bell operating companies]] (RBOCs) that were themselves divested from AT&T as holding companies for the 22 local Bell Operating Companies.
 
Bellcore's initial staff and corporate culture drew heavily from the nearby [[Bell Labs]] locations in northern New Jersey, plus additional staff from AT&T and the regional operating companies.