From New York to Paris or Vienna

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 508, 10 November 1928, Page 9

From New York to Paris or Vienna

Wireless Telephone Talks British Official Wireless RUGBY. Thursday. Negotiations are proceeding between the authorities of the General Post Office and the telephone administrations of 18 European countries with which Britain is in telephonic communication, for the purpose of establishing a “person-to-person” service. The advantages of such a service are already available to subscribers, whether in America or Europe, who use the trans-Atlantic telephone system. It means that in a case where a subscriber desires direct communication with another subscriber, the telephone operators will, if the necessary information is given them, endeavour to find the person wanted, if he should not be at his own address when a call is made. With the developmeht of the transAtlantic service it is not unusual for several countries in Europe to be searched for a particular subscriber who is wanted on the American side, and. similarly, the telephone system is used throughout America, if necessary, to secure a response to a European call. The charge is calculated only from the time that the conversation actually begins between the two subscribers. At the present time about 3.000 calls are made daily between London and the Continent, and the number is rapidly increasing.