- Private Line's Telephone History
A very well detailed and accurate website on the history of the telephone. - The History of the Telephone
An entire book written in 1910 on the history of the telephone up to that time. - Understanding the Telephone
Everyone knows what a telephone is, but how does it work? - Invention of the Alexander Graham Bell Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell's path to the invention of the Bell telephone. - Telephone Instruments
A look at how the instrument itself developed and changed. - The History of Pagers
In 1949, the very first telephone pager was patented by Al Gross - The History of Answering Machines
In 1898, Danish telephone engineer and inventor, Valdemar Poulsen, patented the telegraphone, an early prototype answering machine.


