Touch-Tone Dialing Turns 50

Monday, 18 November 2013 | by Pat's Picks

In this age of smartphones, it can be hard to imagine that today marks the 50th anniversary of touch-tone dialing. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review says customers could pay $1.50 a month for the convenience. Early testers of the technology described touch-tone dialing as “space-age telephony” of “missile-like speed and musical tones.”

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review