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  2. History of the telephone in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The telephone played a major communications role in American history from the 1876 publication of its first patent by Alexander Graham Bell onward. In the 20th century the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) dominated the telecommunication market as the at times largest company in the world, until it was broken up in 1982 and replaced by a system of competitors.

  3. Timeline of the telephone - Wikipedia

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    11 February 1876: Elisha Gray invents a liquid transmitter for use with a telephone, but he did not make one. 14 February 1876 about 9:30 am: Gray or his lawyer brings Gray's patent caveat for the telephone to the Washington, D.C. Patent Office (a caveat was a notice of intention to file a patent application.

  4. History of the telephone - Wikipedia

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    This history of the telephone chronicles the ... public address work through the 1920s. 1896 telephone ... network behind the telephone grew progressively ...

  5. History of telecommunication - Wikipedia

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    Network Nations: A Transnational History of American and British Broadcasting (2011) John, Richard. Network Nation: Inventing American Telecommunications (Harvard U.P. 2010), emphasis on telephone; Noll, Michael. The Evolution of Media, 2007, Rowman & Littlefield; Poe, Marshall T.

  6. Telephone network - Wikipedia

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    A telephone network is a telecommunications network that connects telephones, which allows telephone calls between two or more parties, as well as newer features such as fax and internet. The idea was revolutionized in the 1920s, as more and more people purchased telephones and used them to communicate news, ideas, and personal information. [ 1 ]

  7. History of AT&T - Wikipedia

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    The Telephone Enterprise: The Evolution of the Bell System's Horizontal Structure, 1876–1909 (Johns Hopkins/At&T Series in Telephone History, 1985.) John, Richard R. Network Nation: Inventing American Telecommunications (Harvard UP, 2010) excerpt; Kleinfield, Sonny. The Biggest Company on Earth: A Profile of AT&T (1981). online; Pizer, Russell A.

  8. History Repeats Itself: Here's How the 2020s Are ... - AOL

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    1920s: The Spanish Flu. In the fall of 1918, a mutated version of the virus that claimed its first victims in the spring made its way around the world, causing the death rate to escalate quickly ...

  9. Candlestick telephone - Wikipedia

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    The first tube shaft candlestick telephone was the Western Electric #20B Desk Phone patented in 1904. [1] In the 1920s and 1930s, telephone technology shifted to the design of more efficient desktop telephones that featured a handset with receiver and transmitter elements in one unit, making the use of a telephone more convenient.