On This Day in Telephone History June 14TH 1878 The Telephone Company Ltd. was registered in London. With premises at 36 Coleman Street, marketing of Alexander Graham Bell's telephones officially began in the UK. It had a capacity for 150 lines and opened with 7 or 8 subscribers. One of the first telephone lines to be erected in the vicinity of London was from Hay's Wharf, south of the Thames, to Hay's Wharf Office on the north bank.

On This Day in Telephone History June 14TH 1878

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On This Day in Telephone History June 14TH 1878 The Telephone Company Ltd. was registered in London. With premises at 36 Coleman Street, marketing of Alexander Graham Bell‘s telephones officially began in the UK. It had a capacity for 150 lines and opened with 7 or 8 subscribers. One of the first telephone lines to be erected in the vicinity of London was from Hay’s Wharf, south of the Thames, to Hay’s Wharf Office on the north bank.