1888 Heinrich Hertz detected and produced radio waves.
Heinrich Hertz proved that Maxwell’s prediction of electricity can travel in waves through Earth’s atmosphere. 1894 Marchese Guglielmo Marconi built his first radio equipment, a device that rings a bell 30 feet away. 1895 Marchese Guglielmo Marconi discovered ground-wave radio signals. 1898 Marchese Guglielmo Marconi established the first radio link between England and France. TIMELINE OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION
1900 Reginald Fessenden transmitted the first human speech
through radio waves. 1901 Reginald Fessenden transmitted the world’s first radio broadcast using continuous waves. Marchese Guglielmo Marconi transmitted telegraphic radio messages from Cornwall, England to Newfoundland. First successful transatlantic transmission of radio signals. 1903 Valdemar Poulsen patented an arc transmission that generates continuous wave transmission of a 100-kHz signal that is receivable 150 miles away.