1996 ⟶ Ciena and Sprint Deploy First Commercial DWDM System
The Ciena Corporation, in partnership with Sprint, deployed ...
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📞 First Commercial Telephone Exchange Established
First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven, Connecticut.A barricade in the Paris Commune, 18 March 1871. Around 30,000 Parisians were killed, and thousands more were later executed.⟶
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United States📱 Ameritech Commercializes Cellular Network in Chicago
Ameritech, now known as AT&T, commercialized the Bell System (its cellular network) in Chicago, Ill.⟶
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United States📱 Motorola Releases the DynaTAC 8000X, the First Commercial Cell Phone in the US
The first commercially available cell phone in the US, the DynaTAC 8000X, is created by Motorola.⟶
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United States💻 Waiter.com Launches Online Food Ordering
Waiter.com launches as the first online food ordering service.⟶
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United States📡 Ciena and Sprint Deploy First Commercial DWDM System
The Ciena Corporation, in partnership with Sprint, deployed the first commercial dense wavelength-division multiplexing system, which created the massive capacity of the Internet.⟶
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