Phone timeline

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  • 1st Phone

    1st Phone
    Alexander Graham Bell invented the first ever telephone.

  • Switching Systems and Rotary-Dial Telephone

    Switching Systems and Rotary-Dial Telephone
    The dial makes it easier for customers to place orders without an operator.

  • One Place to the Other

    Opening of the telephone service between New York and Chicago. (950 miles)

  • Telephone Expire

    Telephone Expire
    The second fundamental Bell patent for the telephone expire.

  • Underground Cable

    Underground Cable
    Boston-Washington underground cable commenced commercial service.

  • Telephone Service

    Telephone Service
    Transatlantic telephone service inaugurated for commercial service (3500 miles)

  • Videophone

    Videophone
    World's first videophone call via an electro-mechanical AT&T unit, from Washington, D.C. to New York City, by then-Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover.