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Lars Magnus Ericsson
Lars Magnus Ericsson
Swedish telephone entrepreneur and inventor
Almon Strowger
Almon Strowger
Automatic switching and dialing inventor
Milo G. Kellogg
Milo G. Kellogg
Switchboard innovator and Kellogg founder
Ezra Gilliland
Ezra Gilliland
Telephone switchboard innovator
Tivadar Puskás
Tivadar Puskás
Telephone exchange designer
George Willard Coy
George Willard Coy
Developed first local exchange
John J. Carty
John J. Carty
AT&T Chief Engineer

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