Explores how telecommunications expanded and matured from 1945 onwards - into microwave, satellite, mobile and then the internet.
Above all, this is the story of the digital revolution. A revolution that has changed communications technologies so much that it is hard to distinguish where one technology ends and another begins.
The dawn of the digital age began in World War Two with the invention of secret computers to break German codes. More generally, the war inspired huge advances in electronics on both sides of the Atlantic. By the end of ...
The late 1960s saw the start of the move from the old mechanical exchanges with their noisy banks of selectors, switch arms and electromagnets, to the electronic exchanges of the future - silent, compact and far more ...
The introduction of mobile phones took over half a century. The introduction of radio telephony in the 1920s made it theoretically possible for people to talk on the move.
One computer is a computer. Two or more connected and able to exchange data, make a network. Allowing computers to talk to each was one of the great technological challenges of the late 20th century.
Convergence doesn't just mean telephones meeting computers on the Internet - it also means digital and Internet-based technologies impacting on every aspect of communication.
Visit the updated Communicate! galllery at the National Museum of Scotland.
Discover the records behind the history of telecommunications as BT Heritage launches online catalogue.
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