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

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 ...

Alexander Graham Bell made the first telephone call on March 10, 1876, setting off a communication revolution. The history of the telephone includes the first line between cities, operators, phone ...

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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 ...