Telecommunications in the Bahamas
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Telecommunications in the Bahamas is accomplished through the transmission of information by various types of technologies within the Bahamas, mainly telephones, radio, television, and the Internet. The first telegraph line was laid in 1892 between Jupiter, Florida and current-day Cable Beach in New Providence. The first telephone system was introduced on October 5, 1906 in Nassau. Wireless telegraphy was introduced to Bimini in 1920, and the first telegraph station was opened in West End in 1925. The first telephone service from the Bahamas to the United States was introduced on December 16, 1933.
In 1966 the Telecommunications Department was incorporated as the Bahamas Telecommunication Corporation, also known as Batelco. Batelco was reorganised into the Bahamian Telecommunications Company or BTC in 2002. Cable Bahamas was founded in 1995 after a public equity raise with over 3000 Bahamians contributing. The BDSNi submarine communications cable was built in the mid-2000s, connecting 14 islands of the archipelago, spanning more than 2,800 km.
The use of radio communication and mobile telephony is regulated by the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority.
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