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Telecommunications in Cyprus The history of
telecommunications in Cyprus began on November 9, 1870, when it was
decided to link telegraphically Cyprus with Lattakia by a submarine
cable which was installed by the British "Newall Company". The
Cyprus terminal site of the cable was at Ayios Theodoros of
Karpasia to the north-east of Famagusta. From that point, an
internal telegraphy network was constructed connecting Ayios
Theodoros to Nicosia and Nicosia to Larnaka. At that time, the
commercial centres of Cyprus were Nicosia and Larnaka, Larnaka
being also the main port of the island as well as the town where
all the consulates were located. This telegraphic link was the
first step in the development of telecommunications in
Cyprus.
In 1878, Cyprus came under British Colonial rule. During the same
year the "Eastern Telegraph Company" obtained licence to install a
new telegraphic cable which linked Larnaka with Alexandria and then
with London through other submarine cables. This cable, which was
inaugurated on the 19 October, 1878, did not employ any repeaters
and its capacity was one telegraph channel. A more comprehensive
internal network was also established linking the six main towns,
and the Troodos mountain area where government officials and the
main government services moved during the summer period. Larnaka,
then a prominent commercial centre of Cyprus, became also the
centre of the newly formed telegraph communications. The
transmission of telegraph messages was based on a manual system
called the Morse-Recorder system. If there happened to be any
intermediate stations between the source and destination points of
the telegram, the message was relayed manually from station to
station. However, the cable operation was very unreliable and in
1910 communications over the Lattakia cable were abandoned.
At around 1905, a government controlled telegraph network was
formed, operating along the railway network from Famagusta to
Nicosia. This network gradually developed westwards following the
railway network first to Morphou and then to Evrychou. The period
between 1925 and 1926 witnessed for the first time the appearance
of private wireless telegraph stations, which according to the 1925
Regulations were granted licence for reception purposes only.
International Telegraphy was further developed when the
Larnaka-Haifa submarine cable was laid. Communication was
established on 19th January 1928. Once again this cable did not
employ any repeaters and its capacity was one telegraph channel.
Wireless telegraphy, providing both transmission and reception
facilities made its appearance in Cyprus in 1933, when
Larnaka-Radio was installed by Cable and Wireless. The station was
formally opened on 5th February 1934. It provided a ship-shore
telegraph service and was also used as a stand-by route during
submarine cable interruptions. For the sake of historical accuracy
it may be said that a wireless telegraphy station was installed
temporarily in Limassol in 1932 pending the operation of the
Larnaka-Radio. Furthermore, there existed a British military
wireless telegraphy station at the same time. Towards the end of
the 1940s the Larnaka wireless station moved to Nicosia, and the
shipshore service was renamed "Cyprus Radio", whilst a wireless
telegraph link using Double Current Cable Code (DCCC) was
introduced. It was extensively used to communicate with London in
1956 during the Suez crisis when the Alexandria cable was cut-off.
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Irel pybfr gb gur tebhaq