OVERSEAS TELEPHONE SERVICES.
„ —uh* r ; , ( WORLD-WIDE EXPERIMENTS. —- 1 :■ / /■ v r» (**OH Otni ow* CCffIMWO!|'»W.J 1,, - LOffDON, January . In a statement which' has been iaaued by th'e General Post, Office, reference » ir inrf(le to the decvelopweflt of tie oyeraeas telephone service, yhich, it is ported, is developing, rapidly. Interesting experiments in connexion, .with the Australian service report says) have -been, carried ont the .establishment of telephonfc conimunicatiosn tetwpen aefpplan^s, (one fiying above theicity of Baenos Ayres'and the other above L'oa Angeles) and Sydney, 'in Australia.. In the first case theretoplane cruised ovei 1 Buenos Aywsijt * height' of 3000 ft. The. connexion Was established from the land station , ,at Buenos- Ayres , to ,by -radio,/ .thence, by cable, to Bugby via Ver'sailles and London, and-from Ettgby, to Sydney'by radio. • Conversation maintained uninterruptedly 1 for 6ver>2o\ 'minutes. From Xtos Angeles the route was via cable to New.YorH, radio" via Sydney. Experiments ai;p be«ig' carried oniinl connexion with a' Servwe'to New, Zealand, -and is hoped to aaligurate h public service early this ye'ai-., ■ ■ Ny
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20180, 7 March 1931, Page 4
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169OVERSEAS TELEPHONE SERVICES. Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20180, 7 March 1931, Page 4
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