On This Day in Telephone History February 3RD 1969 A successful six month trial of the Bell System's Picturephone service began. Installed between the Pittsburgh and New York offices of Westinghouse Electric Corporation, forty Model II Picturephone sets were evaluated. Subsequently, AT&T announced that commercial service would be offered in mid-1970 in and between Pittsburgh and Manhattan on a limited basis.

On This Day in Telephone History February 3rd 1969

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On This Day in Telephone History February 3RD 1969 A successful six month trial of the Bell System’s Picturephone Service began. Installed between the Pittsburgh and New York offices of Westinghouse Electric Corporation, forty Model II Picturephone sets were evaluated. Subsequently, AT&T announced that commercial service would be offered in mid-1970 in and between Pittsburgh and Manhattan on a limited basis.