Welcome to the alphabetical walkthrough of pioneers and personalities. You're now on letter F. Click through the rest of the alphabet to find out more about the people who've helped shape telecommunication as we know it today.
Shawn Fanning created the website Napster in 1999. This was a controversial site that allowed people to people share music files over the Internet, instead of buying CDs. In 2001 the United States' music industry took ...
Michael Faraday's work laid the foundations for electrical technology, and he was the first man to create continuous artificial electricity.
Henry Fawcett was a political reformer who became Postmaster-General in 1880.
Reginald Fessenden created the system for transmitting music and speech by radio, known as AM (amplitude modulation).
Cyrus Field was an entrepreneur who led the first transatlantic telegraph cable venture.
Although not one of the 'greats' of invention, John Fleming's creation of the thermionic valve (or vacuum tube) helped kick-start modern electronics.
Tommy Flowers built the first computer, as a codebreaking device during the Second World War.
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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