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We work with a variety of organisations who are improving our understanding of archives dating back to before the digital age.
The NIC asked us to create new statistics that would show the development and timing of the UK's communications infrastructure.
Our data, shown below, shows telegrams transmitted since their inception, encompassing a period when the world was first connected by electric cables to quickly transmit messages across cities and continents in seconds, rather than days, weeks, or months.
Source: National Infrastructure Commission website. Accessed January 2024.