There were numerous people and inventions that helped shaped the modern path of telecommunications. It is because of these important people and inventions that have made telecommunications into what it is now. Telecommunications technology has gone through many changes within the last one hundred to two hundred years. Many inventions such as the telephone, telegraph, and teletypewriter, have all had a profound impact on telecommunications. The telephone definitely is one of the most important inventions in telecommunications history. This device revolutionized the world of telecommunications, and was invented by a man named Alexander Graham Bell. Alexander Graham Bell and his telephone changed the world of telecommunications.Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876, with the help of his assistant, Thomas Watson. His invention was then called a “harmonic telegraph”, but would later be known as the telephone. Bell then filed a patent application about three hours before a woman named Elisha Gray, whom incidentally had a similar device to that of Alexander Graham Bell. A long legal battle would later ensue, and it was Bell’s patent that was upheld by United States Supreme Court. Alexander Graham Bell first saw the telephone as a form of free communication, but would later it as a means to make money. The telephone would later have a tremendous impact on the world. Bell held many public displays for his new invention. Bell also displayed his telephone at the Philadelphia Exposition in 1876. By that time, Bell’s telephone became commercialized and he was making a substantial amount of money. One interesting sidenote is that Samuel Clemens (a.k.a., Mark Twain) was one of the first owners of the telephone. On October 9, 1876, Bell and Watson would hold the world’s first two-way telephone conversation in Boston. In 1877, Bell, along with Thomas Watson, Thomas Sanders, and Gardiner Hubb...
