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The Invention
The telphone was invented in march 1876. Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray both independently invented a way to transmit speech electricly. They both raced to the patent office which caused them go to a legal battle, which Alexander Graham Bell won. -
Alexander Graham Bell's first words on the telephone
He made his first call in March to Thomas A. Watson, saying, "Mr. Watson, come here; I want you." -
First regular telephone line
In 1877, the first telephone line in Atlanta was a private line. The line was connecting the Western and Atlantic Freight Depot with Durand's Restaurant in the Union Passenger Station. -
First telephone
The box phone was a wooden box with one hole for both talking and listening. The box phone was used for the first telephone line. -
First Switchboard
The first switchboard was set up in Boston in 1877 -
first telephone book
The first telephone book was published by the New Haven District Telephone Company in February 1878. It was one page long and held fifty names -
First Bell telephone company
The first Bell telephone company started in 1878. The company is now known as American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), which was incorporated in 1885. -
First telephone exchange
In 1879, the first telephone exchange in Atlanta was opened. This exchange was called The National Bell Telephone Company. -
First touch tone
In 1941, the first touch-tone system that used tones in the voice frequency range rather than pulses generated by rotary dials was installed in Baltimore, MD -
Cordless Phones
In the 1970s, the very first cordless phones were introduced. In 1986, the Federal Communications Commission granted the frequency range of 47-49 MHz for cordless phones. -
innovation of cell phones
In 1983 the cell phone was created. The Motorola DynaTAC 8000x was the first cell phone to arrive on the market. Though huge by today’s standards, it was considered the first truly mobile phone because it was small enough to carry.
