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The FCC approved AT&T’s proposal for AMPS and allocated frequencies in the 824-894 MHz band.
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The Caller ID is made by Carolyn Doughty in Bell Labs.
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The last phone switchboard in Maine is retired.
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AT&T completes the privation of its local operating companies. This forms a new AT&T (long distance service and equipment sales) and the Baby Bells.
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The first transatlantic fiber optic cable TAT-8, carrying 40,000 circuits is made.
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The analog AMPS was taken place by Digital AMPS.
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The GSM mobile phone network is started in Finland, with the first phone call in Tampere.
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The Telecom Relay Service available is for the disabled.
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The Caller ID is implemented nationally in USA.
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The creation of the Asterisk Private branch exchange
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Antonio Meucci is known for "...his work on the telephone" (but not " for inventing the telephone") by the United States House of Representatives.
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The Parliament of Canada responds by passing a motion unanimously 10 days later recognizing Alexander Graham Bell as the inventor of the telephone.
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