25th September 1956: Inauguration TAT-1, the first transatlantic telephone cable | HistoryPod

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25th September 2017

25th September 1956: Inauguration TAT-1, the first transatlantic telephone cable

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Known as Transatlantic No. 1 or TAT-1, the £120 million system actually consisted of two identical cables to allow transmission in each direction.

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