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Had the first idea
Innocenzo Mannetti suggests the idea of an electric speaking telegraph -
First basic phone
Antonio Meucci is credited with inventing the first basic phone -
Invents the first telephone
Alexander Gramham Bell invents the first telephone -
Buttons are introduced
Rotary dialing and pulse buttons are introduced -
Automatic telephone
Automatic telephone exchanges are introduced -
Transatlantic phone call
The first transatlantic phone call connects New York and London -
Tough tone
Tough tone dialing and cordless phones are introduced -
First digital cellular network
The first digital cellular network goes online in Orlando, Florida -
Smartphones
Smartphones become the dominant form of phone