Eastern Telegraph Company
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| Industry | Telecommunications |
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| Predecessor | Several |
| Founded | 1872 |
| Founders | John Pender and James Anderson |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Submarine communications cables, |
| Parent | Cable & Wireless Communications |
The Eastern Telegraph Company was a British telecommunication company that operated undersea telegraph cables between the United Kingdom and India and countries on-route as well as cables from the United Kingdom to North and South America.
It was founded in 1872 and would become the largest cable operating company in the world during the 20th century.[1][2]
History
[edit]The company was founded in 1872 through an amalgamation of several smaller telegraph companies. Its founding chairman was by John Pender, with Sir James Anderson filling the role of Managing Director.[3]
The company predecessors included; China Submarine Telegraph Company, British-Indian Submarine Telegraph Company, Falmouth, Gibraltar and Malta Telegraph Company, and the Anglo-Mediterranean Telegraph Company.[4][5]
Pender created multiple cable companies due to high risk of cable laying, once successful he would merge these companies together to eventually create Cable & Wireless plc.[6]
The company is now a dormant subsidiary of Cable & Wireless Communications, part of Liberty Latin America.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Burns, Bill. "History of the Atlantic Cable & Submarine Telegraphy - Cable & Wireless". atlantic-cable.com. Bill Burns. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ "Eastern Telegraph Company". Levantine Heritage. Retrieved May 19, 2025.
- ^ "Records created and used by the Eastern Telegraph Company - Archives Hub". archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk. JISC. Retrieved 4 June 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.
- ^ "The colonial roots of Egypt's submarine cable routes". Data Center Dynamics. September 19, 2022.
- ^ "Eastern Telegraph Company (The)". Companies House. Retrieved May 19, 2025.
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