 In 1925, ITT purchased several companies from Western Electric, as Bell had agreed to "divest" itself of its international operations.They included the Bell Telephone Manufacturing Company (BTM) of Antwerp, Belgium, which manufactured rotary system switching equipment, and the British "International Western Electric", which was renamed Standard Telephones and Cables (STC).Compagnie Générale d'Electricité later purchased BTM; Nortel later purchased STC.