The story of the first telephone call – nine words that changed the world

The story of the first telephone call – nine words that changed the world

“Mr Watson, come here. I want to see you.” Hardly momentous words, but their implications were enormous. Spoken by Scottish-born Alexander Graham Bell in his Boston laboratory on March 10 1876, they were the first intelligible words to be transmitted electrically through a wire from one place to another. With that, the telephone age began. Thomas Watson, Bell’s assistant, received that call only in the next room – but Bell’s ambitions ran much f…

150 years since the first phone call was made, the lines are about to go silent

Tomorrow it will be exactly 150 years since the first telephone call was made by the Edinburgh-born innovator Alexander Graham Bell.  Times have changed dramatically since 1876, and one West Lothian telecommunications company is urging people to future-proof their phone systems before the lines go quiet forever.   Born in Edinburgh, the revered inventor, scientist and engineer Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent for “transmitting vocal or…

The future is calling!

150 years since the first phone call was made, the lines are about to go silent  Exactly 150 years since the first telephone call was made by the Scottish innovator, Alexander Graham Bell, one West Lothian telecommunications company is urging people to future-proof their phone systems before the lines go quiet forever. Born in Edinburgh, the revered inventor, scientist and engineer Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent for “transmitting voc…