Telecommunications over the years
Explore some of the ways in which modern telecommunications have had a huge impact on government, business, culture and even personal relationships.
The telegraph
The telegraph was the first form of telecommunication. 'Telegraph' means 'writing from far away' or 'distant writing' and the word originally applied...
The telephone
The telephone was based on the telegraph and used electrical signals carried along copper wires. Instead of an on-off signal, it carried a...
A wireless world
Wireless did what its name suggested - it did away with the wire connecting sender to receiver. This meant that telegraphy, then telephony,...
The video age
Television means being able to view moving images at distance and video allows us to record and replay picture and sound. Both are part of daily life....
Satellite and microwave
The story of microwave and satellite transmission is about harnessing the power of high intensity radio waves and focussing them between fixed points ...
