The Telephone

the first telephone

Mar 10, 1876

The frst telephone invented was on the 10th of March 1876 by Alexander Graham Bell.

The telephone around the world

Sep 17, 1900

The telehpone started spreading accross the world and everyone was inspired by it.

The first overseas call

Sep 17, 1915

Alexander Graham Bell makes the first transcontinental telephone call to Thomas Watson-from New York to San Francisco.

The first telephone plan

Sep 17, 1947

North American Numbering Plan
Alexander was inventing plans for the telephone with other peoples help. customers in the United States and its territories as well as Canada and many Caribbean nations.

First phone to combine a ringer and handset

Sep 17, 1949

the Model 500 telephone, the first that combines a ringer and handset. The classic black rotary phone, featuring an adjustable volume control for the bell and later a variety of colors, becomes a cultural icon.

First transatlantic telephone cable

Sep 17, 1956

The first transatlantic telephone cable istalled from Scotland to Nova Scotia, providing telephone service between North America and the United Kingdom.

First electronic central office switching system

Sep 17, 1965

Switching systems switch telephone traffic through local central offices that also house transmission equipment and other support systems.

First portable cell phone call is made

Apr 3, 1973

The first portable cell phone call is made by Martin Cooper t his research Jel Engel. Although mobile phones had been used in cars since the mid-1940s,.

Public tests of a new cellular phone system

Sep 16, 1978

Public tests of a new cellular phone system begin in Chicago, with more than 2,000 trial customers and mobile phone sets.

Voice over internet protocols

Sep 17, 1990

The advent of Voice Over Internet Protocols (VoIP)—methods of allowing people to make voice calls over the Internet on packet-switched routes, starts gain ground as PC users find they can lower the cost of their long-distance calls.

100 million cellular telephone subscribers

Sep 16, 2000

The number of cellular telephone subscribers in the United States grows to 100 million, from 25,000 in 1984. they use them not only for calling but to access the internet, take photographs, and record moving images.