Telephones

By Wila Ricobaldi

  • The first Telephone was invented by Antonio Meucci

  • Alexander Graham Bell got a patent for the telephone

  • Bell merged this company with others to form the American Bell Telephone Company

  • American Telegraph and Telephone Company (AT&T) was formed

  • 5.8 million phones in almost 20 years

  • Since the invention of the transistor, metal wiring and other heavy hardware have been replaced by and compact microcircuitry

  • They transitioned from telephones into cellphones