Through we now know the telephone as the mobile
phone, its basic purpose remains the same – communication. The telephone is
undoubtedly one of the greatest uses of electricity. Through there have been
claims stating otherwise, the first device that enabled human beings to speak
to each other over very large distances.
Using the vibrations produced by human speech and converting it to analog,
electrical signals changed the world forever.
Through telegrams were already being used for long
distance communication when the telephone first came into being, it stood out
to due to its practicability, allowing communication to happen in real time
which wasn't the case with telegrams. The technology took its own time reaching
the hands of the common man and the prices of phones dropped after large
networks started operating to run business around the communication industry.
The concept of transferring voice data over wires led to another obvious idea
waiting in the wings – wireless telephony. It was also discovered that signals
that can carry data other than voice can also be transported era, the telephone
kicked off the communication era. Mobile phones, internet, Wi-Fi and undersea
cables were all inspired by voice data transmissions.
