The Telephone By daniel04020 Jan 1, 1874 Principle of the telephone was uncovered Period: Jan 1, 1874 to May 14, 2015 History of the Telephone Jan 1, 1876 Alexander Bell invents the telephone, beating Elisha Gray by a matter of hours Jan 1, 1877 The Very first Permenent telephone wire was completed Jan 1, 1878 You can now call other people rather then having a direct line Jan 1, 1879 Subscribers when given designated numbers rather then names Jan 1, 1880 during the 1880's Long distance lines were invented which abled people to call others further then 1 mile away Jan 1, 1900 First coin operated telephone was built Jan 1, 1904 'French Phone' had a transmitter and reciever in a simple handset Jan 1, 1918 It was apparent that 10 million Bell Telephones were in service and working Jan 1, 1921 The Telephone wires were improved to have a third person in one call, it also made it more easy for FBI and Police to hack into phones Jan 1, 1946 The worlds first Commercial Mobie Phone was Constructed and was serviced using radio-waves