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Touch-Tone dialing system
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AT&T Touch-Tone telephone, 1968 Evolution of the Phone: A look at telephone technology through the decades.
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Touch-Tone dialing system

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  • Alexander Graham Bell and the New York City–Chicago telephone link
    telephone
    / Push-button dialing

    …electronic push-button system, known as Touch-Tone dialing, was offered to AT&T customers. Touch-Tone soon became the standard U.S. dialing system, and eventually it became the standard worldwide.

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    …electronic push-button system, known as Touch-Tone dialing, was offered to AT&T customers. Touch-Tone soon became the standard U.S. dialing system, and eventually it became the standard worldwide.

    Read More