fessenden's tentative initial experiments with wireless telephony would only commence in the following year, but it too clearly fell within scope of the both the post and telegraph act 1901 and the wireless telegraphy act 1905. nevertheless, once wireless telephony began to shine bright on the commercial and defence horizons, this technology too was deemed to warrant explicit provision and some 14 years later, the wireless telegraphy act 1919 simply amended the definition of wireless telegraphy to include wireless telephony.