| 1879 |
- First commercial use of Electricity—Thomas Edison invents the lightbulb |
| 1880 |
- Creation of Electrical Distribution |
| 1882 |
- Electric Meter Invented |
| 1905 |
- Electrification of US major cities begins |
| 1907 |
- Invention and introduction of Radio Frequency when Marconi established the first commercial transatlantic radio communications service. |
| 1920s |
- Radio stations startup in the US and around the world using AM |
| 1928 |
- Invention of televised images by Farnsworth |
| 1930s |
| - Television transmissions start in Europe |
| - Invention and introduction of Radar in Europe |
| - 70% of all US households have electricity |
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| 1933 |
- Invention and introduction of FM Radio |
| 1940s |
| - Television transmissions begins in North America |
| - FM Radio service begins in Europe and the US |
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| 1950s |
| - High voltage power lines are built in the US to provide increased demand for electricity |
| - 95% of all US households have electricity, including rural |
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| 1960s |
- Microwave development |
| 1980s |
- First Generation (1G) commercially automated cellular networks introduced in the US |
| 1990s |
- Second Generation (2G) cellular networks introduced in the US using GSM |
| 2000s |
- Third Generation (3G) provides media streaming content to 3G handsets |
| 2009 |
| - Fourth Generation (4G) provides 10-fold increase in speed over 3G |
| - Smart Meters with 2 way communication introduced in the US |
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