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Globally, our labs provide hundreds of internship opportunities each year.
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The Nokia Bell Labs Prize competition rewards the next big idea with up to $US100,000.
- Bell Labs Prize winner devises an image-recognition technology powered by light
- 2019 Bell Labs Prize winners replicate the power of quantum computing on a chip
- Sweet victory...the 2018 Bell Labs Prize winners
- And the winner is...2017 Bell Labs Prize
- 2016 Bell Labs Prize winners
- 2015 Bell Labs Prize winners
- 2014 Bell Labs Prize winners