The Telephone

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  • The First Basic Telephone

    The First Basic Telephone was invented by Antonio Meucci. He made his first attempt in Italy.

  • The First Telephone Patent

    Even though Antonio Meucci was the first one to invent the telephone he is not often credited to it. Alexander Graham Bell was the first one to be awarded U.S. patent for the telephone.

  • The First Telephone Line

    The First Telephone Line
    The construction of the first telephone line was not the only thing that happened around this time. The fist switchboard was created and the first telephone exchange was working.

  • American Bell Telephone Company

    Bell decided to merge his company with other one to create the American Bell Telephone Company. By this time there was over 49,000 telephones in use.

  • AT&T

    AT&T
    American Telegraph and Telephone Company was formed in 1885 and dominated the telephone industry over the next century. Bell's system employees were able to get the stock prices down on other small phone companies making it easier to take over companies.

  • Update on Bell

    At this time Bell had over 600,000 phones in his system. By 1905 it was up to 2.2 million and by 1910 it was 5.8 million.

  • WWI

    During WWI, from 1918-1919 the government nationalized the telephone and telegraph lines so soldiers can send messages home. It was returned to private ownership a year later.

  • Regulated Monopoly

    In 1934 the government came crawling back for more. This time they decides to let AT&T operate as a regulated monopoly.

  • 1948 Phone Count

    There was over 30 million phones connected. The 30 millionth phone was actually connected in the U.S.

  • 1960's and 1980 Telephone Count

    In the 60's there were more than 160 million lines in the world. By 1980, there were over 175 million telephone subscriber lines in the U.S. alone.

  • First Cellular Network

    In Orlando, Florida 1993, the first cellular network went online. It was then that the world changed forever.

  • Cellular Phones

    Cellular Phones
    There was over 25 million people subscribed to cellular phones by 1995. As the new century started that number skyrocketed and they estimated that by 2010 cell phones would replace landlines all together. All the information from above I got at...
    https://www.elon.edu/e-web/predictions/150/1870.xhtml#:~:text=While%20Italian%20innovator%20Antonio%20Meucci,for%20the%20device%20in%201876.

  • Cellular Future

    Cellular Future
    By 2025 cell phone companies are planing to get rid of all ports on the phones. There will be no charging port, everything will be wireless.

  • Also In store

    Also In store
    Not only will the ports be going, so will all the buttons. Finger sensors will be on the screen and along with the home button.

  • Playing With Ideas

    Playing With Ideas
    A lot of phone inventors are trying to figure out how to make a
    fold-able smartphone. They are not really sure when that will possibly happen but I'm guessing it will happen somewhere between 2025-2030. This kind of advancement will probably take awhile to perfect so there will be a lot of different versions. I got these last 3 from... https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/smartphone-design-trends-next-five-years/