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| Industry | Telecommunications |
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| Predecessor | Several |
| Founded | 1872; 153 years ago (1872) |
| Founders | John Pender andJames Anderson |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Submarine communications cables, |
| Parent | Cable & Wireless Communications |
TheEastern Telegraph Company was a British telecommunication company that operatedundersea telegraph cables between the United Kingdom and India and countries on-route as well as cables from the United Kingdom to North and South America.
It was founded in 1872 and would become the largestcable operating company in the world during the 20th century.[1][2]
The company was founded in 1872 through an amalgamation of several smaller telegraph companies. Its founding chairman was byJohn Pender, with SirJames Anderson filling the role ofManaging Director.[3]
The company predecessors included;China Submarine Telegraph Company,British-Indian Submarine Telegraph Company,Falmouth, Gibraltar and Malta Telegraph Company, and theAnglo-Mediterranean Telegraph Company.[4][5]
Pender created multiple cable companies due to high risk of cable laying, once successful he would merge these companies together to eventually createCable & Wireless plc.[6]
The company is now a dormant subsidiary ofCable & Wireless Communications, part of Liberty Latin America.[7]
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