The first transatlantic co-axial telephone cable was laid between Clarenville (Newfoundland) and Oban (Scotland) in 1956, a distance of 2240 miles or 3584 kilometres. Transatlantic telephone calls reached 3.7m by 1960 and increased encouraged the laying of six more co-axial cables by 1983. Additional fibre-optic capacity was laid in 1988, supplemented by geostationary satellites in the same years.
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Citation: Richert, Lucas Paul. "First transatlantic telephone cable". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 November 2008 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=5647, accessed 07 May 2024.]
