Telecommunications Collection (page 25)

Mobile phone with projector
Mobile phone with integrated projector. This prototype mobile phone is able to project its display onto any flat surface. The phone has a swivelling unit that contains a powerful laser diode

Mobile phone rage. Conceptual computer artwork of the head of an angry man poking from the screen of a mobile telephone. The use of these phones in public places has led to violent confrontations

Cordless telephone

Mobile phone cartoon character

Mobile phone masts near a playground. Mobile telephones send and receive voice, text and image data as low-intensity microwaves

Text message

Mobile telephone text messaging (SMS). Conceptual computer artwork of the worldwide use of mobile telephones to send text messages (envelope symbols)

Mobile phones
Mobile telephones, computer artwork

Mobile phone danger
Mobile telephone danger. Conceptual computer artwork of bubbles containing skull and crossbones coming out of a mobile telephone. Mobile phones use low-power microwave signals to transmit calls

Worldwide mobile telephone use
Worldwide use of mobile (cellular) telephones, conceptual computer artwork

Red telephone box. Designed in 1924, the red telephone box was a familiar sight throughout the United Kingdom. New designs of phone box

Mobile telephone hate mail. Conceptual computer artwork of snakes and a mobile telephone being used to send text messages (envelope symbols)

Communications room. Patch panel and wires in an office communications room. The blue and yellow wires carry voice and computer data to and from a network of telephones and computers

Mobile phone exchange. Technicians working in a mobile telephone network exchange centre

Early Marconi apparatus
Marconi radio equipment on a trans-Atlantic liner. The key at lower right was used to tap out a signal in Morse code, which was transmitted by radio waves

Original Marconi apparatus
Original Marconi radio apparatus. Marconi built and experimented with his first radio equipment in Italy in 1894. He then moved to London, England, patented his invention in 1896

Military semaphore, 19th century
Military semaphore. Historical artwork of a mobile semaphore system in use in the Crimean War (1853- 1856). The first efficient semaphore telegraphy system (sending messages by semaphore signals)

Optical telegraphy, 19th century
Optical telegraphy. Historical artwork of a light- signalling device used in optical telegraphy. This is a Mangin projector, invented by colonel Mangin in the early 1880s

Water tower with mobile telephone and television transmitting antennae. The water tower stores water for homes and businesses in the surrounding area

Microwave emission test. Computer screen display of the output of a test to detect microwave emissions from electrical objects. This device has many applications in electrical engineering

Television control room
MODEL RELEASED. Television control room. Conceptual composite image of a technician monitoring the output from a television station

Telecommunications mast
Telecommunications base. Radio wave antennas mounted on top of a chimney. These are used to communicate between mobile phones in a telecommunications network

Telephone pole and wires
Telephone pole with cut wires

Telecommunications masts. The dishes and antennas on these masts receive, amplify and relay mobile phone, microwave and radio signals. Photographed in Curno, Italy

Concealed mobile phone mast. Camouflaged mobile phone mast on a brick chimney

Telephone handset and keypad

Telephone box in a rural setting

Early mobile phone

Woman using a mobile phone, thermogram
MODEL RELEASED. Woman using a mobile telephone, thermogram. The thermogram shows the emission of infrared radiation, displaying it as colour-coded surface temperatures

Early Bird communications satellite, 1965
Early Bird communications satellite. Engineer preparing Early Bird, the worlds first commercial communications satellite, for simulated vacuum tests at Hughes Aircraft Company, Los Angeles, USA

Communication satellites. Artwork of geostationary communication satellites orbiting the Earth. They operate from an orbit around 35, 900 kilometres above the Earth

Communications satellite. Artwork of an Intelsat communications satellite orbiting the Earth. Several series of the Intelsat satellites were built and placed into orbit in the 1990s

Skeleton using a mobile phone
Skeleton. Computer-enhanced X-ray of a side view of a skeleton using a mobile phone whilst walking

Alexander Popov, Russian radio pioneer
Alexander Stepanovich Popov (1859-1906), Russian radio pioneer and physicist. After joining the Navys Torpedo School at Kronstadt, Popov started experiments with radio

Samuel Morse, American telegraph inventor
Samuel Morse (1791-1872), American painter and telegraph inventor. Samuel Finley Breese Morse is most famous as the creator of a single wire telegraph system, and co-inventor, with Alfred Vail

Thomas Watson, telephone pioneer
Thomas A. Watson (1854-1934), US inventor and telephone pioneer. Watson is famous for being the assistant of Alexander Graham Bell, whom he helped to develop a practical and workable telephone

Guillaume Amontons, French physicist
Guillaume Amontons (1663-1705). Historical artwork of the French physicist and inventor Guillaume Amontons demonstrating his optical telegraphy system to the Dauphin of France

Dom Gauthey, French monk and inventor
Dom Gauthey, historical artwork. Dom Gauthey was a French Benedictine monk who invented a method of transmitting messages by sound in 1782

Alexander Graham Bell, telephone pioneer
Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), Scottish-US telephone pioneer. Bell is most famous for his work that helped make telephones into practical working devices

Bells first long-distance telephone call
First long-distance telephone call. Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922, centre) performing the first long-distance telephone call in 1876

Grabovsky and Piskunov with their TV tube
Boris Pavlovich Grabovsky (1901-1966, right) and Nikolay Piskunov, Soviet inventors, with the television tube they built. Grabovsky and Piskunov

Telephone earpiece

Desk telephone

Computer art of communication satellite over Earth
Communications satellite. Computer illustration of a communications satellite in space orbiting above the Earth. The satellite has two solar cell arrays (blue) to produce power

Mobile phone power connector

Johann Philipp Reis, German inventor
Johann Philipp Reis (1834-1874), German inventor of an early telephone. Reis built a prototype telephone in 1860, but he found it difficult to interest people in his invention

Telephone headphones, 19th century
Telephone headphones. This telephone represented an advance on earlier models as it included headphones (lower right). It was known as a bi-telephone

Hotel telephones, 19th century
Hotel telephones. This is a US hotel, with telephones provided in the bedrooms. The first practical telephones were developed in the 1870s

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"From Red Telephone Boxes to Satellite Communication: A Journey through Telecommunications History" Step into the past and explore the fascinating world of telecommunications. 📞🌍 1️⃣ In London, iconic red telephone boxes stand as a symbol of communication, connecting people near and far. 2️⃣ The Sputnik 1 stamp commemorates the historic moment when humanity ventured beyond Earth's atmosphere, paving the way for satellite communications. 3️⃣ Marconi radio valves revolutionized wireless communication, enabling messages to be transmitted across vast distances effortlessly. 4️⃣ Early fire brigade street alarms served as an early form of emergency communication, ensuring swift response in times of crisis. 5️⃣ Sending postcards featuring Sputnik 1 allowed people to share their excitement about space exploration and its impact on telecommunications. 6️⃣ Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station played a crucial role in transmitting signals from satellites orbiting our planet, bridging continents with ease. 7️⃣ Guglielmo Marconi, hailed as the father of radio invention, pioneered wireless telegraphy that transformed global communication forever. 8️⃣ The Arecibo message intrigued scientists worldwide—a coded key (C016 / 6817) unlocking potential extraterrestrial contact within its enigmatic contents. 🛸 9️⃣ Witnessing history unfold at Newcastle Telephone Exchange's switchboard on January 24th, 1931—operators diligently connected calls amidst buzzing wires and ringing bells. 🔟 From aboard a ship in 1916, a wireless officer skillfully tapped out Morse Code messages—an essential means of maritime communication during wartime. ⚓ 🔁 Telegraph poles lining transcontinental railroads facilitated rapid information exchange across vast landscapes—uniting nations like never before.