As it turns 100, Nokia Bell Labs is turning elsewhere to continue its important research in the field of technology and science The company announced that within the next two years it will relocate to a smaller but more modern facility in New Brunswick, New Jersey and out of the labs' longtime home in Murray Hill, New Jersey.
Over the years, Bell's scientists have been credited with developing the transistor, making advances in radio astronomy and being in the vanguard to usher in the digital age. The company has been the recipient of numerous Turing Awards and Nobel prizes. Its core business continues to be mobile and optical networks and network-system support. One of its most recent innovations was the development of circuit boards printed on glass. These are for use in beam-steering antennas to get less signal loss in point-to-point fixed wireless. This is considered an important development as wireless communications moves increasingly toward 6G.