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Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone.
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The first long distance telephone call was made 10 miles away in Brantford, Ontario.
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By the end of 1877 there were 3 thousand telephones in service.
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The first automatic dial system was patented by a Kansas City undertaker. Switchboard operators weren't needed after that.
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Oliver Lodge demonstrates wireless communication over a distance of 150 yards. This was the beginning of cell phone technology.
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The first coin telephone was installed in Hartford, Connecticut.
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The Bell System introduces the touch tone phone.
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Now there are phones like the mobile phone (cell phone) and voip phones.
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I think that when there is an incoming call you can say "answer" to answer the phone.