Exponencial. De analógicos a digitales

The 2nd floor of Espacio Fundación Telefónica has hosted a permanent exhibition since 14 May 2024 that explores the growing impact that the development of telecommunications has had on all areas of our lives.

Coinciding with the celebration of Telefónica's centenary, the venue presents this display which, based on three premises (Talk, Live and Imagine), explores the growing impact that the development of telecommunications has had on all areas of people's lives.

From the appearance of the first telephones in the 19th century to the arrival of the Internet, mobile telephony or artificial intelligence, the exhibition explores the social paradigm shift resulting from the arrival of each new technology and the human stories surrounding it. Few sectors have evolved as much and as quickly as that of telecommunications. Just over 150 years ago, the first electrical signals took place that made instant and global communication possible through the telegraph, and now social networks or video calls reign supreme.

The exhibition focuses on technology as an idea of progress in daily life, the reflection of the technological revolution that human beings have experienced in the last century and how they have adapted to this change. A paradigm shift in which Telefónica has known how to transform itself, anticipating its time and having a clear objective which is to provide service and be useful to society. Already from its creation in 1924 until the development of the fixed telephony network in Spain, mobile telephony, Internet television or the technological leap from copper to fibre.

Throughout the exhibition, visitors will be able to see eighty objects from Telefónica's Technological Historical Heritage, made up of more than 10,000 pieces; audiovisuals and nine interactive installations, as well as infographics and documentary material. Elements that make us reflect on how the way of communicating has changed