Gibraltar Calling: A History of Telephone Services in Gibraltar 1886 - 2001 (Malcolm Beanland)

The Author traces the earliest history of communications, the heyday of the telegraph, how Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, how the telephone came to Gibraltar at he peak of the Victorian empire, how a Gibraltarian entrepreneur ran telephone services, how it became a public service and first run by the City Council and later the Government of Gibraltar, what happened during World War II and finally how it reverted back to private ownership with NYNEX. 

Product Details
Publisher: Business Matters Ltd
Year of Publication: 2001
Language: English
Paperback: 158 pages
Dimensions: 21cm (l), 14.5cm (w), 0.9cm (d)