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AT&T made the model 500 telephone, this was the first that had both a ringer and Headset. The ringer helped the users because obviously they would know when the phone is ringing. The headset was very usefull as it was a easy way to talk to others.
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The first transatlantic telephone cables was installed, it was called the TAT -1. It went gtom Nova to Scotland, providing telephone service between North America and United Kingdom.
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Communications satellite Telstar 1 is launched by a NASA Delta rocket on July 10, transmitting the first live transatlantic telecast as well as telephone and data signal
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Legislation called for a phone number for everyone wear you could report emergencies, this was passed in congress in 1967 and in January 1968 plans were announced to put this system into place.
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The U.S. military begins using fiber optics to improve communications systems when the navy installs a fiber-optic telephone link on the USS Little Rock.
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Public tests of a new cellular phone system begin in Chicago, with more than 2,000 trial customers and mobile phone sets.
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The advent of Voice Over Internet Protocols (VoIP)—methods of allowing people to make voice calls over the Internet on packet-switched routes— starts to gain ground as PC users find they can lower the cost of their long-distance calls.
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The number of cellular telephone subscribers in the United States grows to 100 million, from 25,000 in 1984.