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The First Telephone

By CreativeCommp7-145

  • Invention

    Invention
    Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone.

  • Progress 1

    Progress 1
    The first long distance telephone call was made 10 miles away in Brantford, Ontario.

  • Progress 2

    Progress 2
    By the end of 1877 there were 3 thousand telephones in service.

  • Progress 3

    The first automatic dial system was patented by a Kansas City undertaker. Switchboard operators weren't needed after that.

  • Progress 4

    Oliver Lodge demonstrates wireless communication over a distance of 150 yards. This was the beginning of cell phone technology.

  • Progress 5

    The first coin telephone was installed in Hartford, Connecticut.

  • Progress 6

    The Bell System introduces the touch tone phone.

  • Current update 2013

    Current update 2013
    Now there are phones like the mobile phone (cell phone) and voip phones.

  • Sources

    www.schoelles.com/Telephone/teltimeline.htm
    www.expo09.hubpages.com/hub/phone-types

  • Future Prediction for 2050

    Future Prediction for 2050
    I think that when there is an incoming call you can say "answer" to answer the phone.