Telex

In October 1932, when the British Post Office telex began with just ten subscribers, the Telegraph & Telephone Journal said: `What then is the future of this novelty? The answer in our view is that the rate of development of telex will depend upon what the advantages prove to be worth in hard cash to the business community. Time and experience alone will determine this¿. Telex is no longer a novelty, but apart from that, the words ring equally true today, particularly with respect to new facilities. Compared with its bigger and older brother, the public telephone network, telex is small. Its business use and international traffic volume, however, have elevated this minority service to a level of international importance that cannot be measured simply in terms of numbers of terminals. Telex is now firmly established and the introduction of s.p.c. switching, together with the availability of improved terminals, should increase the attractiveness of the service and provide flexibility to meet the customer requirements of the future