Founded in 1851 as the New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company in Rochester, New York,[3] the company changed its name to the Western Union Telegraph Company in 1856 after merging with a competitor.[4] The company dominated the American telegraphy industry from the 1860s to the 1980s,[5] pioneering technology such as telex and developing a range of telegraph-related services (including wire money transfer) in addition to its core business of transmitting and delivering telegram messages.
ສ້າງຕັ້ງຂຶ້ນໃນປີ 1851 ເປັນ ບໍລິສັດ New York ແລະ Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph ໃນ Rochester, ນີວຢອກ, [1] ບໍລິສັດໄດ້ປ່ຽນຊື່ເປັນ ບໍລິສັດ Western Union Telegraph ໃນປີ 1856 ຫຼັງຈາກໄດ້ລວມເຂົ້າກັນກັບຄູ່ແຂ່ງຂັນ. [2] ບໍລິສັດຄວບຄຸມອຸດສາຫະກໍາຈາກປີ 1860 ຫາ1980, [3] ເຕັກໂນໂລຊີການບຸກເບີກເຊັ່ນ: Telex ແລະ ການພັດທະນາການບໍລິການທີ່ກ່ຽວກັບ telegraph (ລວມທັງ ການໂອນເງິນແບບ wire Money transter ) ນອກຈາກນັ້ນທຸລະກິດຫຼັກຂອງການສົ່ງ ແລະ ນຳສົ່ງຂໍ້ຄວາມ ໂທລະເລກ.