AT&T and GTE Install Fiber-Optic Telephone Systems
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Business and Commerce Series
- Categories: Technology, Inventions, Economics
- Subcategories: Business, Communications
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present
- Geographical Location: Chicago, California
- Date: April, 1977
Article abstract: With the installation of the AT&T and GTE fiber-optic telephone systems, the potential for high-quality, expanded telephone service was in place, as was the impetus to find other uses for the new technology.
Summary of Event
In April of 1977, General Telephone and Electronics (GTE) installed fiber-optic telephone service over a 5.6-mile path between a Long Beach, California, switching office and a local exchange in Artesia, California. Shortly thereafter, American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) switched on its own fiber-optic...
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