On Jan. 7, 1927 transatlantic phone service began as the president of this company called London
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sent first transcontinental telegram to President Abraham Lincoln, predicted that 
the new ... January 1, 1984 - AT&T agreed to divest local Bell telephone 
companies; ..... January 7, 1927 - Commercial transatlantic telephone service (
using radio)... [DOC] [TLE] Connected Earth: International networks [PAR] The London-Paris telephone service was inaugurated in April of that year and 
was ...