Phone timeline

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  • 1st Phone

    1st Phone

    Alexander Graham Bell invented the first ever telephone.
  • Switching Systems and Rotary-Dial Telephone

    Switching Systems and Rotary-Dial Telephone

    The dial makes it easier for customers to place orders without an operator.

  • One Place to the Other

    Opening of the telephone service between New York and Chicago. (950 miles)
  • Telephone Expire

    Telephone Expire

    The second fundamental Bell patent for the telephone expire.
  • Underground Cable

    Underground Cable

    Boston-Washington underground cable commenced commercial service.
  • Telephone Service

    Telephone Service

    Transatlantic telephone service inaugurated for commercial service (3500 miles)
  • Videophone

    Videophone

    World's first videophone call via an electro-mechanical AT&T unit, from Washington, D.C. to New York City, by then-Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover.