13. Deregulation and privatization. 14. Mobile communications. 15. The fax machine. 16. The communications-computing symbiosis. 17. The future -- Appendix. The mechanical telegraph in other countries
6. Wireless telegraphy. 7. The telephone revisited -- pt. III. The modern age. 8. The communications revolution. 9. Microwaves. 10. The solid state revolution. 11. Digitalization. 12. Optical communications
pt. I. The first thirty-six centuries. 1. Introduction. 2. The beginnings of communications. 3. The mechanical telegraph -- pt. II. The beginning of electrical communications. 4. The electrical telegraph. 5. The telephone
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