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Evolution of public phone booths and how mobile gadgets tolled their death
Telephone booths, which were popular among callers, have been consigned to the annals of history thanks to the revolutionary mobile phones that come with additional features such as money transfer and short message services among others. FILE PHOTO | NMG
Alexander Graham Bell was the first person to be awarded a patent for an electric telephone by the United States Patent and Trademark Office back in March 1876.
At first, the telephone service was available to large businesses and wealthy individuals in expensive monthly packages. But, as the demand for telephone services grew after its invention, so did the need for access to telephone exchanges that connected people through operators.
