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When Bell began experimenting with electrical signals, the telegraph had been an established means of communication for some 30 years.
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The article was about electric transmition of speech
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La Feuille d'Aoste reported “It is rumored that English technicians to whom Mr. Manzetti illustrated his method for transmitting spoken words on the telegraph wire intend to apply said invention in England on several private telegraph lines.”
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The patent was describing communication of voice between two people by wire.
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Transmitters and Receivers for Electric Telegraphs is granted. This uses multiple vibrating steel reeds in make-break circuits.
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A Hungarian engineer, Tivadar Puskás quickly invented the telephone switchboard in 1876, which allowed for the formation of telephone exchanges and networks.
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Covering "the method of, and apparatus for, transmitting vocal or other sounds telegraphically … by causing electrical undulations, similar in form to the vibrations of the air accompanying the said vocal or other sound."
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The first successful telephone transmission of clear speech using a liquid transmitter when Bell spoke into his device, “Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you.” and Watson heard each word distinctly.
Alexander Graham Bell was the first to be awarded a patent for the electric telephone by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in March 1876. -
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Western Electric introduced the "102" in 1927. It was their first phone utilizing a handset that combined the transmitter and receiver.
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Almost immediately after offering the round base "102," Western Electric introduced this updated version. The biggest difference is the oval base.
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With the introduction of the "302" in 1937, Western Electric began offering the streamlined F-1 handest on the "202."
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Martin Cooper, a Motorola researcher and executive is considered to be the inventor of the first practical mobile phone for hand-held use in a non-vehicle setting, after a long race against Bell Labs for the first portable mobile phone. Using a modern, if somewhat heavy portable handset, Cooper made the first call on a hand-held mobile phone on April 3, 1973 to his rival, Dr. Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs
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The first "modern" network technology on digital 2G (second generation) cellular technology was launched by Radiolinja (now part of Elisa Group) in 1991 in Finland on the GSM standard
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Up to 10% of telephone subscribers in Japan and South Korea have switched to this digital telephone service. A January 2005 Newsweek article suggested that Internet telephony may be "the next big thing.
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By the end of 2009, there were a total of nearly 6 billion mobile and fixed-line subscribers worldwide. This included 1.26 billion fixed-line subscribers and 4.6 billion mobile subscribers.
The telephone today has become a necessity for each one of us, rather than a want. Humans get intrested in electric phones, and especially in cell phones, from a very young age.
Without the electric phone, our world would be lost, since many people can't even imagine their life without it. -
Designed by Henry Dreyfuss, the "302" was introduced in 1937 with a metal housing. Great art deco styling, it was the first phone to have all the components in base. Great old time ring, too!