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Bell Telephone
Alexander Bell made the first telephone call on March 10th. The first words that was carried over a wire by Alexander Bell were “ Mr Watson, come here, I want you” -
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History of the Phone Timespan
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Commercial Telephone
The first commercial telephone calls were made in the UK. It happened when the General Post Office controlled the telephone network. -
Mobile Phone
The mobile phone was invented and now messages can be transported when moving. -
Overseas Calling
Cell net and Vodafone were given licences to provide cellular radio networks in the UK. -
Phones on the Market
Phones were now being sold and for around 164 pounds and about the equivalent of 262 pounds today. -
SMS-Short Message Service
The SMS was launched enabling short text messages to be sent to one mobile to the other. -
Calling Through Mobiles
Calling was used instead of texting through mobile phones and are both methods are still used today. -
Same Number
At this time you could keep the same number when switching networks or different phones. The UK was the first in the world to use this method. -
E-mailing and The Web
Phones could now use the web and also send e-mails through the mobile phone instead of a computer. -
Phones TODAY
We now have and use smartphones and other phones which can take pictures videos, send video messages and etc. People use phones a lot today and that's good and bad.