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==Early International Expansion==

==Early International Expansion==

AT&T started to expand internationally by supplying equipment to other telephone companies through its manufacturing subsidiary, the '''Western Electric Company''' and its affiliates around the world. By 1914, AT&T's manufacturing subsidiary established locations in Antwerp, London, Berlin, Milan, Paris, Vienna, St. Petersburg, Budapest, Tokyo, Montreal, Buenos Aires, and Sydney.<ref>[http://www.corp.att.com/history/history2.html A Brief History: Early International Activity]</ref> The new AT&T president '''Walter Gifford''' gave up the company's manufacturing business including its international locations except Canada and pursued the company's objective to provide a universal telephone service in the United States beginning in 1925. The company also established its research and development subsidiary, '''Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc.''' By 1927, AT&T successfully launched its first trans-atlantic telephone service from US to London using radio which cost $75 while the trans-pacific telephone service between US to Japan was realized in 1934 at $39 for the first three minutes respectively. Both international telephone services can only accommodate one call at a time. The company's '''TAT-1''', the first trans-atlantic telephone cable was launched in 1956. It has the capacity to accommodate 12 calls at a time and price was set at $12 for the first three minutes and subsequently in 1964, the first submarine telephone cable '''TPC-1''' was inaugurated. In 1965, the world's first electronic switch was installed. The national emergency call number '''911''' was also introduced during that year. The international long distance call customer dialing was introduced to the public in 1970.<ref>[http://www.corp.att.com/history/milestones.html Milestones In AT&T History]</ref>

AT&T started to expand internationally by supplying equipment to other telephone companies through its manufacturing subsidiary, the '''Western Electric Company''' and its affiliates around the world. By 1914, AT&T's manufacturing subsidiary established locations in Antwerp, London, Berlin, Milan, Paris, Vienna, St. Petersburg, Budapest, Tokyo, Montreal, Buenos Aires, and Sydney.<ref>[http://www.corp.att.com/history/history2.html A Brief History: Early International Activity]</ref> The new AT&T president '''Walter Gifford''' gave up the company's manufacturing business including its international locations except Canada and pursued the company's objective to provide a universal telephone service in the United States beginning in 1925. The company also established its research and development subsidiary, '''Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc.''' By 1927, AT&T successfully launched its first trans-atlantic telephone service from US to London using radio which cost $75 while the trans-pacific telephone service between US to Japan was realized in 1934 at $39 for the first three minutes respectively. Both international telephone services can only accommodate one call at a time. The company's '''TAT-1''', the first trans-atlantic telephone cable was launched in 1956. It has the capacity to accommodate 12 calls at a time and price was set at $12 for the first three minutes and subsequently in 1964, the first submarine telephone cable '''TPC-1''' was inaugurated. In 1965, the world's first electronic switch was installed. The national emergency call number '''911''' was also introduced during that year. During the 1970s, the international long distance call customer dialing was introduced to the public, AT&T's network became computerized and had the initial capacity to handle a high volume of calls to as much as 350,000 per hour.Since then, AT&T continued to expand its telecommunications service globally. <ref>[http://www.corp.att.com/history/milestones.html Milestones In AT&T History]</ref>

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