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first electronic telegraph made
In the 1870s, two inventors Elisha Gray and Alexander Graham Bell both independently designed devices that could transmit speech electrically (the telephone). Both men rushed their respective designs to the patent office within hours of each other, Alexander Graham Bell patented his telephone first. Elisha Gray and Alexander Graham Bell entered into a famous legal battle over the invention of the telephone, which Bell won. -
the first carphone
In 1906, a radio engineer named Lee de Forest transmitted a message to an experimental phone in a car idling on a New York street. -
orange network
April 1994 Hutchison Microtel announced the launch of its UK network, Orange. -
First telephone company
In 1946 a mobile telephone service (MTS) was introduced by AT&T in the United States -
vodaphone company
In May 1983 Licences were granted to Cellnet and Vodafone to provide national cellular radio networks in the UK. -
vodaphone and cellnet buisness
Vodafone and Cellnet opened for business in January 1985. -
all digital network
September 1993 saw the launch of One 2 One, the first GSM 1800 all-digital network in the world. -
texting services
SMS - the Short Message Service - was launched in 1994 enabling short text messages to be exchanged between mobiles. -
world wide
In 1998 more mobile phones were sold world-wide than cars and PCs combined. -
phones today
Today we have picture phones, multimedia video messaging and 3G handsets. Mobile phones have become a massive part of our lives
