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Alexander Bell made the first telephone call on March 10th. The first words that was carried over a wire by Alexander Bell were “ Mr Watson, come here, I want you”
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The first commercial telephone calls were made in the UK. It happened when the General Post Office controlled the telephone network.
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The mobile phone was invented and now messages can be transported when moving.
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Cell net and Vodafone were given licences to provide cellular radio networks in the UK.
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Phones were now being sold and for around 164 pounds and about the equivalent of 262 pounds today.
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The SMS was launched enabling short text messages to be sent to one mobile to the other.
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Calling was used instead of texting through mobile phones and are both methods are still used today.
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At this time you could keep the same number when switching networks or different phones. The UK was the first in the world to use this method.
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Phones could now use the web and also send e-mails through the mobile phone instead of a computer.
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We now have and use smartphones and other phones which can take pictures videos, send video messages and etc. People use phones a lot today and that's good and bad.