On This Day in Telephone History October 25TH 1945 Telephone Service Opened from the Untied States to New Zealand. Western Electric and Bell Labs made technological innovations, most importantly in radar, for the military during World War II from 1942 to 1945. The experience gave AT&T a huge lead when microwave radio relay became the principal means of transmitting long-distance telephone and television signals.
![On This Day in Telephone History October 25TH 1945 Telephone Service Opened from the Untied States to New Zealand. Western Electric and Bell Labs made technological innovations, most importantly in radar, for the military during World War II from 1942 to 1945. The experience gave AT&T a huge lead when microwave radio relay became the principal means of transmitting long-distance telephone and television signals.](https://telephone-museum.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/On-This-Day-in-Telephone-History-October-25TH-1945-Telephone-Service-Opened-from-the-Untied-States-to-New-Zealand.png)