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How the world's first phone call paved way for satellite networks of future

The story of the first phone call and how it sparked the technologies that connect billions of people every day.

Evolving phone habits: What we’ve lost and what we’re bringing back

Spokeo reports on evolving phone habits, highlighting trends lost over time and new ones emerging, from voice notes to the ...
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Science history: First two-way phone call across outdoor lines made by Alexander Graham Bell — Oct. 9, 1876

On the afternoon of Oct. 9, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell was in Boston when he had a three-hour chat with his assistant and fellow inventor, Thomas Watson. It would not have been noteworthy — except ...
The Columbian

Clark County history: Vancouver Barracks get Clark County’s first telephone

The Vancouver Barracks received Clark County’s first telephone in October 1878, connecting the arsenal to headquarters. Soon two more phones were installed. In 1879, soldiers strung the first ...

This Day in Michigan History: Michigan’s first telephone company is formed

ONTONAGON, Mich. (WILX) - On this day in 1879, Michigan’s first independent telephone company was formed. The Ontonagon ...
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Overlooked No More: Harriott Daley, the Capitol’s First Telephone Operator

Before voicemail and voice recognition; before Siri and Alexa and their electronic sistren; before people cowered at the sight of incoming calls and hid behind blooping bubbles of text; before all ...