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| Industry | Telecommunications |
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| Founded | 1872 |
The Eastern Telegraph Company was founded in 1872. Its founding chairman was by John Pender, with Sir James Anderson filling the role of Managing Director.[1] It was to become the largest cable operating company in the world.[2]
The company was formed out of several smaller telegraph companies:[3][4]
- China Submarine Telegraph Company
- British-Indian Submarine Telegraph Company
- Falmouth, Gibraltar and Malta Telegraph Company
- Anglo-Mediterranean Telegraph Company
The company is now a dormant subsidiary of Cable & Wireless Communications, part of Liberty Latin America.[5]
- ^ "Records created and used by the Eastern Telegraph Company - Archives Hub". archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk. JISC. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
- ^ Burns, Bill. "History of the Atlantic Cable & Submarine Telegraphy - Cable & Wireless". atlantic-cable.com. Bill Burns. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ Linge, Nigel. "Eastern Telegraph Company". www.engagingwithcommunications.com. University of Salford. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ Noakes, Richard (1 March 2014). "Industrial research at the Eastern Telegraph Company, 1872–1929". British Journal for the History of Science. 47 (1): 119–146. doi:10.1017/S0007087413000174. ISSN 0007-0874. PMC 4427866. PMID 25977587.
- ^ https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00006338/filing-history