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This timeline of the telephone covers landline, radio, and cellular telephony technologies and provides many important dates in the history of the telephone. Charles Bourseul. Johann Philipp Reis. Elisha Gray.
From the controversy surrounding the first telephone to the development of the telephone network, all offer an insight into the minds of the pioneers who helped shape the modern understanding of our world.
Learn about the history of telephones, including the fading of landlines as mobile phones and internet calls now rule the communication world.
The first phone went on sale for nearly $4,000 in 1983. Here's a brief history of the cell phone industry and how it has evolved over time.
Philipp Reis, 1861, constructed the first telephone, today called the Reis telephone. Alexander Graham Bell was awarded the first U.S. patent for the invention of the telephone in 1876. Elisha Gray, 1876, designed a telephone using a water microphone in Highland Park, Illinois.