On This Day in Telephone History April 17TH all this telephone stuff happened: 1957 Bell Laboratories announced development of magnetic tape machine capable of transmitting 1,000 words a minute -16 times faster than conventional teletypewriter systems. 1963 AT&T introduced the new cable ship long lines at Baltimore. the $19 million vessel, first of her type to be built for operation under the U.S. flag, was designed to string and repair cables across the world's ocean floors. 1968 AT&T unveiled an experimental model of a new telephone at its annual meeting in Boston. smaller, lighter and largely electronic, it weighs less than half as much as today's phones owing its lightness to integrated circuits.

On This Day in Telephone History April 17TH all this Telephone Stuff Happened

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1957 Bell Laboratories announced development of magnetic tape machine capable of transmitting 1,000 words a minute -16 times faster than conventional teletypewriter systems.

1963 AT&T introduced the new cable ship long lines at Baltimore. the $19 million vessel, first of her type to be built for operation under the U.S. flag, was designed to string and repair cables across the world’s ocean floors.

1968 AT&T unveiled an experimental model of a new telephone at its annual meeting in Boston. smaller, lighter and largely electronic, it weighs less than half as much as today’s phones owing its lightness to integrated circuits.