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On This Day in Telephone History July 5TH 1873 the state of Ohio granted a charter for the incorporation of the City and Suburban Telegraph Association. The immediate forerunner of the Cincinnati and Suburban Telephone Company, would eventually become Cincinnati Bell. Name changed to City and Suburban Telegraph Association and Telephonic Exchange in 1878 then … Read more

On This Day in Telephone History July 4TH Bell System engineers demonstrated one-way ground to air radiotelephone transmission at Langley Field, Virginia

On This Day in Telephone History July 3RD 1923 AT&T pioneer radio station WCAP in Washington DC was cut into service. It was owned and operated by the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company (C&P) until August 3, 1926.

On This Day in Telephone History July 2ND 1917 Bell System engineers demonstrated one-way Air to Ground Radiotelephone transmission at Langley Field, Virginia

On This Day in Telephone History July 1ST 1875 Alexander Graham Bell devised the first electric telephone commonly known as the “Gallows” phone

On This Day in Telephone History June 29TH 2007 Apple introduced the iPhone

On This Day in Telephone History June 28TH 1895 ‘Number Please?’ becomes a thing In a letter from J. W. Thompson, City Manager for the Chicago Telephone Company, to Miss Mesick, Chief Operator, Main, says, “In answering calls the query ‘Number Please?’ spoken in a pleasant tone of voice and with rising inflection must be … Read more

On This Day in Telephone History June 26TH 1878 First Bell Telephone Exchange in Illinois, the Chicago Telephonic Exchange, opened at 125 LaSalle St. in Chicago

On This Day in Telephone History June 26TH 1968 Carterphone decision by the FCC. The FCC struck down existing interstate telephone tariffs prohibiting attachment or connection to the public telephone system of any equipment or device that was not supplied by the telephone companies. The suit, which began October 20, 1966, centered on the desire … Read more