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1994 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
Opening Address
verfasst von : Eberhard Witte
Erschienen in: Global Players in Telecommunications
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Enthalten in: Professional Book Archive
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Telecommunications enable people separated by great distances to exchange information -- people who otherwise could not keep in contact without the help of technology. In this sense, the fundamental idea behind telecommunications has always been focused on long-distance systems -- systems which ultimately spanned the entire globe. The first telegraph line between England and India, built in 1867, could be called the first true global communications system. The geographical aspect of telecommunications, then, is nothing new to discuss at this congress. The worldwide switching system linking calls among more than 600 million people with phones is actually the largest automated machine in the world. This system bridges all continents and seas of the earth.