While some predicted the landline to be obsolete by 2020, there are still about 931 million landlines around the world.

Though Joseph Henry earned his fame as the first director of the Smithsonian Institute, he was in many ways the telephone's first and best advocate. Alexander Graham Bell himself said as much when he ...

A 1900s advertisement from the New York Telephone Company touted the Bell Telephone as a way to maintain social relationships with people who were in quarantine due to illness. In May 2020, as much of ...

Though Joseph Henry earned his fame as the first director of the Smithsonian Institute, he was in many ways the telephone's first and best advocate. Alexander Graham Bell himself said as much when he ...

During a study of evolving telephone designs for our new book, my coauthor Russell A. Flinchum and I came across two of Pratt’s distinguished alumni who had connections to the Bell Telephone System.

The patent for the telephone turns 150 on March 7; the first call was made three days later on March 10, 1876. Related Articles Today in History: April 26, Bill Cosby convicted of drugging, molesting ...

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1: Industrial design takes root -- Alexander Graham Bell's telephone in a box -- An unexpected configuration change -- Rapid domestication -- Part 2: A 20-year ...

The patent for the telephone turns 150 today, the first call was made three days later on March 10, 1876. Before the phone: One of the earliest ways to communicate outside of mail was the telegraph, ...