Undersea Cable Operator
Undersea Cable Operator: Telegrams and calls under the sea. A cable company lays and runs telegraph, then telephone, then data cables under the sea, and…
Telegrams and calls under the sea. Carry the world's messages along the seabed.
A cable company lays and runs telegraph, then telephone, then data cables under the sea, and charges by the word, the minute or the megabit. The cables are costly to lay and to mend, and the company lives by owning routes others need. The main British operator is nationalised in 1947 and sold again from 1981, and fibre optics turn a telegraph business into a data one.
- Setup costs
- £27,000,000 to £275,000,000
- Competition
- Low
- Category
- Infrastructure & Utilities
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