{"id":35596,"date":"2012-06-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newrcblog.wpengine.com\/infographic-the-history-of-telephony\/"},"modified":"2020-08-07T05:49:10","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T05:49:10","slug":"infographic-the-history-of-telephony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/us\/en\/blog\/infographic-the-history-of-telephony\/","title":{"rendered":"Infographic: The History of Telephony and The Revolution of VoIP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mobile VoIP provider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/vopium\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vopium<\/a> created a great <a href=\"https:\/\/visual.ly\/community\/infographic\/technology\/global-voip-revolution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">infographic<\/a> on the history of telephony and the revolution of VoIP. Be sure to check out the statistics on global mobile usage towards the bottom of the infographic. 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