ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Bell-Northern Research

So Bell-Northern Research (BNR) was a company that made really cool things for phones. You know how when you pick up a phone, you can hear someone talking to you? BNR helped make that sound really clear so you can hear them better.

But that's not all! They also made phones that could do a lot of stuff, like sending messages and even pictures. It was like having a little computer in your pocket before you had smartphones like you do now!

BNR was really important because they helped make phones better and more useful for people. They worked really hard to come up with new ideas and ways to make phones work even better. Nowadays, we take all these things for granted and don't even think about how they came to be, but BNR played a big part in making it happen.