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1889 Nationalization of the Phone 1889 July 16 a law is passed to nationalize Telephone services.
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1887 / 1889 Construction of the Eiffel Tower There are many legends and fairy tales and nobody knows precisely who invented the expression Yellowpages ... According to one of legend in 1883 a printer in the US city Cayenne run out of white paper and used yellow he had in stock to finish printing a directory that had to respect a deadline.
as a temporary building for the Expo Universelle in 1889. It is initailly planned to dismantel the Tower in 1909, but it also has it´s use as a Telecommunication equipment, serving as an antenna for radio transmission. Gustave Eiffel fights for the conservation of his tower which is today the icon of France. 1890 France has 10.000 télphone subscribers 1891 a submarine cable is installed under the Channel (la Manche) connecting Paris and London. |
1906 Centrales Téléphoniques in Paris 1906 the Telephone network of Paris is divided into 7 "centrales téléphoniques (phone hubs)
Gutenberg, Chaudron, Roquette, Port Royal, Saxe, Passy, Desrenaudes |