senior research project

By alec matthews

  • The creation of the landline telephone

    The creation of the landline telephone
    The landline telephone was created by Alexander Graham Bell kicking off the telephone evolution tree

  • The First Telephone Line

    The First Telephone Line
    The first telephone line is installed between Somerville and Boston, Massachusetts

  • The first telephone exchange

    The first telephone exchange
    The world's first phone exchange was built in New Haven. This allowed people to connect calls over longer distances.

  • Commercial Telephone Services in the U.S.

    Commercial Telephone Services in the U.S.
    The Bell Telephone Company begins to offer commercial telephone services to the general public, which marks the beginning of widespread telephone use.

  • Gower bell telephone

    Gower bell telephone
    The first telephone had a diaphragm and a receiver. This phone had improved sound and reliability over older models

  • The first Automatic Phone exchange

    The first Automatic Phone exchange
    Almon B. Strowger's invention removed the need for an operator when making a phone call, He made the first automatic phone exchange

  • First transcontinental telephone call

    First transcontinental telephone call
    The first transcontinental telephone calls is made between two callers in New York and San Francisco, the first ever call to transmit voice across the country.

  • First Commercial Transatlantic Telephone Service

    First Commercial Transatlantic Telephone Service
    The first commercial transatlantic telephone service is established between the United States and the United Kingdom

  • Martin Cooper makes first mobile phone call

    Martin Cooper makes first mobile phone call
    this technological breakthrough for wireless communication it showed that it is possible to transmit speech over radio waves which would lay the ground work for latter mobile phones

  • First Commercially Available Mobile Phone

    First Commercially Available Mobile Phone
    The first commercially available mobile phone, the Motorola DynaTac 8000X, is released to the public (costing about $12,000 in today's money).

  • 2G digital cellular technology

    2G digital cellular technology
    The second-generation (2G) digital cellular technology is launched in Finland known as GSM. It offered improved voice quality and security.

  • First Text Message

    First Text Message
    The first SMS text message is sent in the United Kingdom

  • 3G mobile network

    3G mobile network
    3G cellular network is introduced In Japan, offering faster data transmission.

  • First iPhone Launch

    First iPhone Launch
    Apple Inc. announces the first iPhone, which integrated a mobile phone with their iPod device, creating a revolutionary device in mobile tech.

  • 4G LTE network begins

    4G LTE network begins
    the Fourth Generation LTE network begins, providing faster internet speeds and improved mobile services, which allows for the expansion of the smartphone market with IOS and Android mobile devices.