U-Alexander Graham Bell ngumntu wokuqala owenza nefowuni, ngo-1876. Iifowuni zamandulo zazenziwe ngeengcingo, ngcingo ezo kwakuxhunyaniswa ngazo ifowuni kwenye, kwaye wawunokuthetha kuphela kwiifowuni ezazixhunyaniswe naleyo uyisebenzisayo. Ekuhambeni kwethuba, ukusebenza kweefowuni kwavumeleka ukuba kuxhunyaniswe kwezinye iifowuni. Kwinkulungwane yama-20 iimatshini ezazisenza unxibelelwano zenziwa ukuba zizixhumanise ngokwazo. Uhlobo lwefowuni ekuhanjwa nayo kuthiwa yi-’’Cell-phone’’ . Olu hlobo lwefowuni lwaqala ukuxhaphaka xa iminyaka yoo-1980 isiya ekupheleni. Ngezo ntsuku abantu babesoloko bephethe aba ’’ndihamba naye’’ beefowuni, kwezinye izixeko okanye amazwe bekude kube yinto engaqhelekanga ukuhlala ungenayo. Ezinye iifowuni ezi lolu hlobo zinakho ukutsala umnxeba zisebenzisa i-satelite yonxibelelwano endaweni yeepali zonxibelelwano ezisemhlabeni, into ethetha okokuba abantu bangawutsala umnxeba nokokuba sele bephi na kwihlabathi jikelele.