The Worldwide History of Telecommunications

PREFACE.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

PART I: INTRODUCTION AND PERIOD BEFORE 1800.

1. Introduction.

2. Evolution of Telecommunications Up to 1800.

3. Optical Telegraphy.

PART II: PERIOD FROM 1800 TO 1850.

4. Evolution of Telecommunications from 1800 to 1850.

5. Optical Telegraph Systems Worldwide.

6. Electrical Telegraphy.

PART III: PERIOD FROM 1850 TO 1900.

7. Evolution of Telecommunications from 1850 to 1900.

8. Electrical Telegraph Systems Worldwide.

9. Image Telegraphy.

10. Telephony.

11. Telephone Switching.

12. Radio Transmission.

13. International Cooperation.

PART IV: PERIOD FROM 1900 TO 1950.

14. Evolution of Telecommunications from 1900 to 1950.

15. Worldwide Telephone Penetration.

16. Electromechanical Telephone Switching.

17. High-Frequency Radio Transmission.

18. Phototelegraphy.

19. Teleprinters.

20. Copper-Line Transmission.

21. Radio-Relay Transmission.

22. Cryptography.

23. International Cooperation.

PART V: PERIOD FROM 1950 TO 2000.

24. Evolution of Telecommunications from 1950 to 2000.

25. Radio-Relay Networks.

26. Coaxial Cable Transmission.

27. Satellite Transmission.

28. Optical Fiber Transmission.

29. Electronic Switching.

30. Telex.

31. Telefax.

32. Cellular Radio.

33. Telephony and Deregulation.

34. Multimedia.

35. International Cooperation.

APPENDICES.

A. Chronology of the Major Events in the Two Centuries of Telecommunications.

B. Worldwide Statistics of Population, Internet Users, Cellular Phones, and Main Telephones.

C. Glossary.

INDEX.