... History of Communications in North America: • 18 37 Samuel Morse - Telegraph • 18 43, Alexander Bain - Printing Telegraph • 18 76, Alexander Graham Bell - Telephone • 18 74, Alexander ... 19 62, Fax was introduced • 19 63, Touch tone telephones • 19 69, Picture phone service • 19 69, Internet began as a network of US military and academic computers • 19 76, packet-switched ... data • 19 84, Breakup of AT&T (18 85 - 19 84), Increasing competition • 19 83, newer cellular telephone networks • 19 96, Deregulation Act, Open competition lecture 1. doc Page...