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The information age has changed the way we live and work. Discover the technology and the people behind modern communications.

Our world of telecommunications

Our world of telecommunications

Over the last 2,000 years we have learned to communicate over land, sea and space. But how did it start? And where will ...

Telecommunications over the years

Telecommunications over the years

Explore some of the ways in which modern telecommunications have had a huge impact on government, business, culture and ...

From buttons to bytes

From buttons to bytes

Explores how telecommunications expanded and matured from 1945 onwards - into microwave, satellite, mobile and then the ...

Shaping our lives

Shaping our lives

Look at how we used telecommunications in various ways over the years, and how our feelings about the technology ...

It pays to advertise

It pays to advertise

Telecommunication companies needed to communicate - with the world outside and their own people. The ways in which ...

Transforming society

Transforming society

Explore the first part of the story of telecommunications and look at how the key technologies of telegraph, telephone, ...

Pride of ownership

Pride of ownership

A pendulum of ownership and control over the telecommunication channels has swung over the last 150 years: from private ...

Fabric of communications

Fabric of communications

Telecommunications has been one of the biggest businesses of the past 100 years. This journey tells the story of some ...

Pioneers and personalities

Pioneers and personalities

We take for granted that by pressing few buttons on a telephone we can talk to family friends or business associates ...


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Visit the updated Communicate! galllery at the National Museum of Scotland.

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Discover the records behind the history of telecommunications as BT Heritage launches online catalogue.

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