"Dr Mr Watson, come here - I need you" was the first sentence successfully transmitted using a telephone; it was spoken by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876 to his assistant Thomas A. Watson. Isn't Wikipedia wonderful?

It seemed appropriate that a telecommunications site should pay homage to one of the landmark moments of the field, and doubly appropriate that a - slightly manufactured - plea for help should become the theme.

"Dr Watson, come here - I need you" was the first sentence successfully transmitted using a telephone; it was spoken by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876 to his assistant Thomas A. Watson. Isn't Wikipedia wonderful?

It seemed appropriate that a telecommunications site should pay homage to one of the landmark moments of the field, and doubly appropriate that a - slightly manufactured - plea for help should become the theme.