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.

Dec 5, 2025 · The first transmission of speech with a telephone occurred on March 10, 1876, from Alexander Graham Bell to Thomas Watson, which Bell transcribed in his lab notes as “Mr. …

Sep 20, 2024 · The history of the telephone started in 1876 with Alexander Graham Bell’s invention, which made it possible to transmit speech over wires.

The Bell Telephone Company began operating on July 11, 1877. In the same month, the first useable Bell telephone arrived in Europe to be presented in Plymouth to the British Association by the chief …

Nov 9, 2009 · After much trial and error, Alexander Graham Bell finally invents the first telephone, which connects the universe in more ways than one. In 1871, Bell started working on the harmonic …

Mar 10, 2025 · From his Boston laboratory at 5 Exeter Place, Scottish-Canadian inventor and scientist Alexander Graham Bell conducted the first successful telephone call, summoning his assistant …

2007: Apple launches its first iPhone, which integrated a touchscreen display with the best web-browsing experience to yet be offered on a mobile device. Years later, it is still the device to which all …

Nov 4, 2025 · First Phone in the World: The first phone in the world was invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876. This groundbreaking invention allowed human voice to travel through electrical signals …

Feb 22, 2022 · Alexander Graham Bell is credited with being the inventor of the telephone since his patent and demonstrations for an apparatus designed for “transmitting vocal or other sounds …

Charles Bourseul was a French telegraph engineer who proposed (but did not build) the first design of a "make-and-break" telephone in 1854. That is about the same time that Meucci later claimed to have …