TAT-1

transatlantic telephone cable

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In telecommunications media: Applications of wire
…such transatlantic telephone cable (TAT-1) was laid by a consortium that included the American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T), beginning June 28, 1955, from Clarenville, on the island of Newfoundland in Canada, and reaching Oban, Scotland, on September 25, 1956. TAT-1 had an initial capacity of only 36 two-way…
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