History of the Telephone System

The history of the "Telephone. 1664 Robert Hooke undertakes first serious experiments with cans of string 1861 Johann Philipp Reis invents first working example of a telephone 1876 Alexander Graham Bell improves the Johann Philipp Reis design and patents it 1905 The first dial telephone becomes widely available, enabling people to call direct 1937 First telephone to have a ringer installed. Previously it was in a separate box 1956 The worlds first mobile telephone invented. It was as big as a suitcase 1963 The worlds first push button telephone released. It had 10 buttons 1973 Martin Cooper invents the first fully working cell phone 1983 The first commercial cell phone becomes available to the public. It cost $3995 1993 World's first smartphone invented. It was a mobile phone, pager, fax machine and PDA 1993 Nokia debuts BURP the first mobile phone with text messaging capability 2000 The first camera phone is released. It had a 0.35 megapixel camera 2007 Apple release the first touchscreen smartphone * ITS A provider of Telecommunication Solutions 0800 316 2970 www.itslimited.com Designed by Refləctdigital LOUO000 D DDDDD • O888888: