These days cellphones are basically extensions of our bodies, so it might be hard to imagine life without them. But the world’s first telephone call — or, more specifically, the first time a ...

On March 7, 1876, a 29-year-old inventor named Alexander Graham Bell officially received a patent for his new invention, the telephone. Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1847.

The former Ohio Bell Telephone Building was in the news recently after it was announced that owner AT&T had sold the building to a private investment company for $14.9 million. The building played an ...

Imagine a world without quick calls across continents, no video calls with your loved ones, no urgent work calls, no whispering sweet nothings from a distance. On 10 March 1876, in a cluttered Boston ...

Professor of History, Department of History & Welsh History, Aberystwyth University “Mr Watson, come here. I want to see you.” Hardly momentous words, but their implications were enormous. Spoken by ...

The telephone has undergone a drastic transformation since its invention, and there’s one place chronicling its evolution — the Roseville Telephone Museum. In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell made history ...

JANESVILLE, Wis. (WBAY) - Tuesday marks 150 years since Alexander Graham Bell made the first telephone call. Wisconsin residents played a role in the invention’s early development. Two years before ...