Title: The History of the Telephone
Headings: The History of the Telephone
The History of the Telephone
How the Telephone Changed the World
The Development of Mobile Phones & the Future of Fixed Phone Lines
The Effects of Future AI and Emerging Technologies
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Content: On June 2, 1875, Bell discovered he could hear the sound over a wire while using his harmonic telegraph. Ten months later, he uttered that famous phrase to his assistant in the adjacent room over what is now recognized as the first telephone. While many people such as Johann Philipp Reis, Tivadar Puskas, and Antonio Meucci worked on devices that resembled the telephone, only Bell has been credited with the feat of this invention. Bell was legally challenged by Elisha Gray, who developed a similar device within hours of Bell’s discovery. Though Bell won the legal case, the controversy surrounding this is still debated today. How the Telephone Changed the World
It didn’t take long for the telephone to become commercialized. Bell’s father-in-law, who invested in many of Bell’s projects, established the Bell Telephone Company in 1878. Riddled with lawsuits for claiming a market monopoly, Bell Telephone Company would go on to become American Telephone and Telegraph. More commonly known today as AT&T.
In 1877, the first regular telephone line was installed between the towns of Boston and Somerville in Massachusetts. Just a few years later, in 1882, Leroy Firman obtained a patent for his telephone switchboard.