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Rank	Topic	Wikipedia views
1	Invention of the telephone	1,430
2	Martin Cooper (inventor)	812
3	History of the telephone	504
4	Timeline of the telephone	441
5	Transatlantic telephone cable	405
6	Regional Bell Operating Company	384
7	Antonio Meucci	347
8	Bell Telephone Company	287
9	Photophone	241
10	Carbon microphone	177
11	Total Access Communication System	153
12	Panel switch	140
13	Elisha Gray and Alexander Bell telephone controversy	106
14	Pat Fleet	92
15	Johann Philipp Reis	88
16	Number Five Crossbar Switching System	71
17	New Jersey Bell	60
18	Innocenzo Manzetti	59
19	Autovon	57
20	1ESS switch	55
21	Theodore Newton Vail	50
22	International Bell Telephone Company	50
23	Rotary system	42
24	Reis telephone	37
25	New England Telephone and Telegraph Company	36
26	Water microphone	34
27	W. Rae Young	34
28	Number One Crossbar Switching System	28
29	First long-distance telephone line	28
30	The Telephone Cases	25
31	12-channel carrier system	24
32	Kellogg Switchboard & Supply Company	23
33	Traffic Service Position System	21
34	Richard H. Frenkiel	20
35	Joan Kenley	17
36	Amos E. Joel, Jr.	17
37	Douglas H. Ring	12
38	Anthony Pollok	7
39	Daniel Drawbaugh	6
40	Alberta Terminating Test Line	less than 5 views
41	Anthony C. White	less than 5 views

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• Bell System

Parent categories

• Telecommunications history
• Telephony

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