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  2. Today in History: First around-the-world telegram sent - AOL

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    The telegram started traveling and was relayed by 16 operators across the globe and circled back to its origin in 16.5 minutes. See the gallery below showing the evolution of communication technology:

  3. Electrical telegraph - Wikipedia

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    In 1838, Steinheil installed a telegraph along the Nuremberg–Fürth railway line, built in 1835 as the first German railroad, which was the first earth-return telegraph put into service. By 1837, William Fothergill Cooke and Charles Wheatstone had co-developed a telegraph system which used a number of needles on a board that could be moved to ...

  4. Telegraphy - Wikipedia

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    An overland telegraph from Britain to India was first connected in 1866 but was unreliable so a submarine telegraph cable was connected in 1870. [49] Several telegraph companies were combined to form the Eastern Telegraph Company in 1872.

  5. Timeline of North American telegraphy - Wikipedia

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    The timeline of North American telegraphy is a chronology of notable events in the history of the electric telegraphy in the United States and Canada, including the rapid spread of telegraphic communications starting from 1844 and completion of the first transcontinental telegraph line in 1861.

  6. Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph - Wikipedia

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    Cooke and Wheatstone had their first commercial success with a telegraph installed in 1838 on the Great Western Railway over the 13 miles (21 km) from Paddington station to West Drayton. Indeed, this was the first commercial telegraph in the world. [10] This was a five-needle, six-wire [9] system. The cables were originally installed ...

  7. Telegram (software) - Wikipedia

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    Telegram Messenger, commonly known as Telegram, is a cloud-based, cross-platform, ... Reactions were first added to Telegram in 2021 [150] ...

  8. Telegraphy in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 1866, Western Union acquired the American Telegraph Company & the United States Telegraph Company, its two main competitors, gaining a virtual monopoly over the American telegraphy industry. The company also began to develop new telegraphy-related services beyond the transmission and delivery of telegrams, launching the first stock ticker in ...

  9. What is Telegram and why was its CEO arrested in Paris? - AOL

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    In a statement posted to its platform, Telegram said it abides ... The first preliminary charge against him was for “complicity in managing an online platform to allow illicit transactions by an ...