On This Day in Telephone History March 28TH 1928 Transatlantic telephone service opened from the United States to Paris, France. The transatlantic connection between the United States and Paris recalls the fact that thirteen years earlier, in 1915, the first words spoken by human voice to be heard across the Atlantic were received at Eiffel Tower, Paris, from experimental Bell Systems apparatus at the United States Naval Radio Station in Arlington, VA.

On This Day in Telephone History March 28TH 1928

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On This Day in Telephone History March 28TH 1928 Transatlantic Telephone Service opened from the United States to Paris, France.

The transatlantic connection between the United States and Paris recalls the fact that thirteen years earlier, in 1915, the first words spoken by human voice to be heard across the Atlantic were received at Eiffel Tower, Paris, from experimental Bell Systems apparatus at the United States Naval Radio Station in Arlington, VA.