The History of Telecom, Cloud, Apps and Marketing Tech
The History of Telecommunications by HP - 1800
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Read More →The Invention of the Telegraph by Kean University - 1845
Telegraph Chart - 1845
The Telegraph - 1845
Invented in the 1840s by Samuel Morse (1791-1872) the telegraph revolutionized long distance communication.
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Samuel Morse was an artist & invertor, this is his Self-Portrait - 1845
By Samuel Morse – XQFaVSe3AeAK7A at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21896918
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New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company - 1851
Western Union founded - 1861
Western Union - A History from Peak Creative on Vimeo.
Watch the history of Western Union on Vimeo - 1865
Western Union – A History from Peak CreativePLUS on vimeo.com
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Elisha Gray – Early Tech Innovator that help build Western Union - 1870
Alexander Graham Bell - 1871
By Moffett Studio – Library and Archives Canada / C-017335, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1559
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The Harmonic Telegraph - 1871
Alexander Graham Bell: The Telephone | PBS America - 1871
First Telephone Patent by Alexander Graham Bell - 1876
By Alexander Graham Bell – This media is available in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the ARC Identifier (National Archives Identifier) 302052.
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Bell Telephone founded, CEO – Gardiner Greene Hubbard - 1877
Peter Bissett – Photograph by Peter Bissett via http://www.nationalgeographic.com/birth/nfor5at1.html Gardiner Greene Hubbard
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Inventor Thomas Edison – Carbon Microphone - 1877
By Unknown – vmek.oszk.hu, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14241811
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1st Telephone Central Office in New York - 1878
By Igoldste at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25373067
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First Telephone Exchange Switchboard introduced in New Haven, CT - 1878
By Swampyank – Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8910634
Read More →The History of the Telephone by CNET - 1880
American Telephone & Telegraph Founded - 1885
The Inventor of the Switchboard – Tivadar Puskás - 1890
By Unknown – vmek.oszk.hu, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14241811
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Manhattan, New York circa 1890 - 1890
Frederick Leland Rhodes, The Beginnings of Telephony, Harper & Brothers Publishers, NY, 1929, p.104.
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Bell at the opening of the long-distance line from New York to Chicago in 1892. - 1892
Almon Brown Stowger inventor of the Automatic Rotary Exchange - 1898
Convinced that it should be subscribers, rather than the operator, who chose who was called invented the Automatic Rotary Exchange.
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Insulated Copper Cable Introduced - 1900
By RobertKuhlmann – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17659439
Read More →International Business Machine (IBM) founded - 1911
The Kingsbury Agreement - 1913
The Kingsbury Commitment of 1913 was an out-of-court settlement of the government’s antitrust challenge of AT&T’s growing vertical monopoly over the phone industry. In return for the government’s agreement not …
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Wall Phone from 1917 - 1917
By Unknown – Retrieved October 20, 2014 from Telephony magazine, Telephony Publishing Co., Chicago, Vol. 73, No. 10, September 8, 1917, p. 33 on Google Books, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=36293858
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Bell Labs invents the first Sound Motion Picture as advertised by this cinema - 1925
Bell Labs history of Innovation: Sound Motion Pictures 1925 - 1925
Bell Labs introduces FM Radio to the masses - 1933
The Communications Act of 1934 creates the Federal Communications Commission - 1934
Cross-Bar Switch introduced to manage multiple input and output phone lines - 1935
Microwave Technology is introduced - 1946
Bell Labs Invents the first Transistor (replica shown) - 1947
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Frequency division multiplexers introduce microwave transmission - 1947
By The Anome – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27750531
Read More →Dramatization from Dragnet of a Long Distance Call circa 1949 - 1949
by 1950, Every USA area can dial long distance: stacking people in phone booths became a fad - 1950
Bell Labs introduces the Modem - 1955
Texas Instruments introduces the Integrated Chip - 1958
First touch tone telephone introduced by AT&T - 1962
First “800” phone call is placed - 1968
Optical Fiber invented by Dr Robert D. Maurer - 1968
The Invention of the Internet by History Channel - 1969
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UNIX Operating System is invented by Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson of Bell Labs - 1969
ARPANET is Created - 1969
Relational Database was invented by E F. Codd from IBM - 1970
Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2151320
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Intel introduces the first Microprocessor - 1971
Bill Gates founds Microsoft - 1975
Apple Computer founded by Steve Jobs & Steve Wozinak - 1976
Larry Ellison founds Oracle and offers first SQL database commercially - 1977
Cellular Technology invented by Bell Labs - 1978
IBM PC launches to Consumers - 1981
By Ruben de Rijcke – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9561543
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AT&T is forced to divest itself from local bell operating systems - 1982
By Ruben de Rijcke – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9561543
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George Forrester founded Forrester Research coined term “client server” - 1983
Novell introduces Local Area Network software. - 1983
Steve Jobs at Apple introduces the Macintosh - 1984
Bill Gates at Microsoft introduces DOS - 1984
John McAfee early inventor online chat and father of cyber security - 1987
Google founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin - 1996
Cable Modem Introduced - 1997
