Interesting History and Facts about Telecom

The first phone call was made by Alexander Bell way back in 1876. Fast forward more than 100 years and 47% of smartphone users in the United States say that their smartphone is something they cannot live without. Here are 12 more interesting facts about phones and telecommunications:

The first 911 system was introduced in the United States in 1968.

A study in the UK revealed that 47% of all water-damaged mobile phones had been dropped in the toilet bowl.

According to NASA your mobile phone has more computing power than the computers used for the Apollo 11 moon landing.

In 2012 Apple sold roughly 340,000 iPhones per day!

Nomophobia – the fear of being without your phone or losing your phone signal.

Smartphones would not exist without 250,000 individual patents.

Malaysia allows you to legally divorce your partner via text message.

The first mobile phone call was made in 1973.

The first phone book issued in 1878 was only 20 pages long.

In 2014, the number of mobile phones in the world was greater than the number of people.

Experiments with VoIP begin in 1973

VOIPO was founded by 2006