The origins
1849 - Antonio Meucci tests the talking telegraph.
1875 - Alexander Graham Bell patents an electromagnetic transmitter and receiver for the remote transmission of sounds.
1877 – In Milan, the first experimental telephone link and production of telephones under the Bell patent.
1878 – The first official telephone call, in the presence of the King, between the Quirinale Palace and the Tivoli telegraph office.
1904 – First long distance connection between Milan and Monza.