Major Milestone of Telecommunications

Major milestones of the Telecommunications Industry

There have been many major developments to the telecommunications industry throughout its history. The developments have differed from technological advancement, to the United States Government intervening into the business strategy of the companies. Telecommunications starts with a wire for a series of dots and dashes, and develops into a wireless signal that can send and receive several types of media within seconds. There are thousands of technical advancements that have happened since the creation of the first telecommunication device was created a few of the most important will be mentioned.

The greatest advancement of the telecommunications would be the invention of the Telegraph. The telegraph was used with the invention of the train. As train tracks were expanded there became a need for quick communication between train stops. This is the greatest development because it started the hunger for development of creating a way for people to speak to each other from different locations using their voices.

In 1876 Alexander Gram Bell created the Telephone, this brought telecommunication into the house hold. Bell created the American Telephone and Telegraph Company in 1885, this entity held a virtual monopoly on United States Telephonic until 1982 (King, W. E. (2003). This began the government to get involved with private companies. In 1913, the justice department forced the separation of Western Union from AT&T. In 1968, the Federal Communications Commission forced AT&T to allow other devices that were not developed by AT&T to connect to their network.

The United States government created the government agencies like, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). These two agencies were created to protect the citizens of the United States. In 1969, MCI filed a petition for a right to compete on a limited basis and was granted to do so. In, 1974 they...