From Wires to Towers, The Evolution of The Phone

By noahgrant
  • old school wires

    old school wires

    Robert Hooke created the string and tin can phone.
  • Morse code

    Morse code

    Morse code was developed and used for the first time.
  • The electrical telegraph

    The electrical telegraph

    The first electrical telegraph came into use in England.
  • FIrst speech

    FIrst speech

    Philipp Reis created the first speech transmitting telephone.
  • The First Call

    The First Call

    The first call on a telephone ever made occured.

  • Telephones in the millions

    The number of phones in Bell's telephone system reached 5.8 millions.
  • From wires to towers

    From wires to towers

    The very first publicized handheld mobile phone call was made.
  • The New Generation

    The New Generation

    The first digital cellular telephone was launched in Finland by Radioninja.
  • 3G development

    3G development

    The first pre-commercial trial network with 3G was launched by NTT DoCoMo in Japan in the Tokyo region
  • 4G arrives on the scene

    4G arrives on the scene

    The new and latest generation of phone was created.

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