History of Telecommunications

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  • Electrical Telephone

    Electrical Telephone
    Alexander Graham Bell patents the first electrial telephone.

  • 1898

    1898
    The first telephone answering machines are invented.

  • Trans-Atlantic Signal

    Trans-Atlantic Signal
    Guglielmo Marconi manages to transmit the first radio signal across the Atlantic Ocean.

  • Television Broadcast

    Television Broadcast
    The first television broadcast occurs in Britain, due to the Scottish inventor John Logie Baird.

  • 1941

    1941
    The first FM radio broadcast occurs.

  • First Cell phone

    First Cell phone
    The first cell phone, the Motorola Dyna-Tac, is invented.

  • Internet

    Internet
    American government releases control of the internet and the World Wide Web is created.

  • Instant Messaging

    Instant Messaging
    Aol introduces the first internet chat in the form of AIM (Aol instant messanger).

  • Youtube

    Youtube
    Three former PayPayl employees create YouTube, which quickly became the world's most popular video-sharing site.

  • Next Generation Cell Phone

    Next Generation Cell Phone
    The first new generation mobile phone is created. This phone can be configured to serve as a wallet, with direct access to the user's bank accounts and credit cards, as well as a personal identification document (ID, Driver's license). It can also be used to activate cars compatible with it, effectively serving as a car key as well.