5 Influential Figures in the History of Telecommunications As we have seen with the evolution of teleconferencing, Mankind always innovated and found more ways to connect and develop in the field of telecommunications. The experience that we know it to be today, however, would not have quite been the same without significant proposals and work by myriad individuals in various eras before ours. On that note, 5 individuals that were key in the history of Telecommunications. Heinrich Hertz Every structure has a foundation stone. And the foundation stone for modern communications, is electromagnetic waves. This was discovered by Heinrich Hertz between 1887-1888. Hertz’s findings originated from his study and experiments on sparks, along with their effects in electric circuits. Discovering that sparks produced a regular electrical vibration within the electric wires they jumped between, he understood that the vibration consisted of accelerating and d...