On March 7, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell, scientist, inventor and innovator, received the first patent for an “apparatus for transmitting vocal or other sounds telegraphically,” a device he called the ...

The inventor of the first functional telephone didn’t come up with his invention with a stroke of luck, but through thorough preparation and study.

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.

First Phone in the World: The first phone in the world was invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876. This groundbreaking invention allowed human voice to travel through electrical signals for the ...

The first phone call sparked the creation what is now the largest advanced converged network that connects Americans to the internet faster than ever. AT&T Inc. (T) (NYSE: T) proudly continues the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On this date, 150 years ago, Boston-based inventor Alexander Graham Bell made the world's first telephone call -- and he did it in ...

Alexander Graham Bell conducted a successful experiment with the telephone. His assistant, Thomas Watson, heard Bell say over his experimental telephone: “Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you.”, ...

These days, our phones are basically extensions of our bodies. A Massachusetts Institute of Technology historian of science and technology takes us back to Alexander Graham Bell's famous first ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WFSB) - Before the iPhone’s marimba ringtone, before rotary phones, even before the candlestick telephone, it all started in New Haven. The New Haven Museum displays a replica of ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - March 10, 1876. Alexander Graham Bell makes his first successful telephone call to his assistant, saying, “Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you.” This success allowed ...