Publications on telephony

By Jan Verhelst

date title publication country language remarks
2024 Art deco phone ATEA51 THG journal, Autumn 2024 UK eng Art deco phone ATEA 51
2024 BTMC Golfball Candlestick Singing Wires, August 2024 USA eng European Telephone Story: BTMC Golfball Candlestick
2024 P.Vande Meerssche, Belgium Singing wires, June 2024 USA eng European Telephone Story: P.Vande Meerssche, Belgium
2024 Hide a phone     eng around 1900 upper-class people opted sometimes to hide their telephone
2024 Introduction to the European Telephone Story Singing Wires, April 2024 USA eng introduction iconic European telephones
2024 Unusual ATEA phone from the 1920s THG journal, spring 2024 UK eng ATEA version of the British TELE121 (end of the 1920s).
2024 A bundle of bamboo Singing Wires, February 2024 USA eng A bundle of bamboo used to connect "mobile" in the 1920s in the jungle
2023 The directaphone THG journal, winter 2023-2024 UK eng The directaphone
2023 GTE ATEA Blind operator THG journal, winter 2023-2024 UK eng GTE ATEA blind operator's switchboard
2023 Get together of "telephone enthusiasts" of Western-Europe on August 26; 2023 in Arnhem, The Netherlands Singing Wires; October 2023 USA eng Singing Wires publication
2023 Remarkable Story of an ATEA Telephone Singing Wires, March-April 2023 USA eng Story of an ATEA phone, manufactured for more then 30 years
2022 Telephone wiring in Spain in the 1920s   UK/USA eng Addendum to History of telephony wiring seen
through old postcards
           
2022 Background of "Theodore Gary" and his companies Singing Wires, April 2022 USA eng Background of Theodore Gary and his companies
2021 First "payphone" in Belgium- addendum THG journal, winter 2021-2022 UK/USA eng Addition previous article in Spring 2021
2021 History of telephony wiring seen trhough old postcards Singing Wires, November 2021
THG journal, spring 2022
USA/UK eng

 

2021 A marvellous Belgian Telephone from around 1890 October 2021, Winter 2021-2022 UK/USA eng
2021 The Automatic Electric AE-1 and derivatives THG Journal, Summer 2021 UK eng
2021 First "payphone" in Belgium ca 1913 THG journal, Spring 2021

Singing Wires

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USA

eng
2020 How to encourage entrepreneurs to start using telephony
in the beginning of the 20th century
THG journal/SInging Wires UK/USA

eng

2020 ATEA using RAT technology THG journal, Autumn 2020 UK eng When ATEA started with automatic exchanges in the 1920s, they manufactured under licence systems from the British Relay Automatic Telephony (=RAT)
2019/2020 FIrst West-European get-together of telephone collectors THG journal 112, winter 2019/2020

Singing Wires, April 2020

UK/USA eng "Report" of a get-together of West-European phone collectors and historians.
2020 How to encourage entrepreneurs to start using telephony
in the beginning of the 20th century
THG journal/ Singing Wires UK/USA eng Introduction on intercom systems in the beginning of the 20th century
- Publication in Singing Wires, June 2020
Summer 2019 François Van Rysselberghe     eng
Spring/ Summer 2017 VOBW: Voice over Barbed Wire Telecom History Journal, Spring/Summer
2017
UK eng An article over using a barbed wire fence in the Wild West for use as a telephone network.
November 2016 Back to Square One   BE eng In 1882 BTMC was founded, and in 1892 ATEA was erected by people who were fired at BTMC. In 2016 both companies came back together, or "Back to Square One"
October 2016 European Telephone Manufacturing in the 1890s by smaller companies Telecom History Journal, Autumn 2016 UK eng How European vendors copied telephone design around the end of the 19th century
May 2016 Who owns whom? Singing Wires, May 2016 USA eng Which telephone company owns which other?
also published  in THG Journal, Spring 2016
Feb 2016 Computer and Telephony Integration is an ongoing process Singing Wires, February 2016 USA eng Article about the integration of Computer and Telephony, based on the acutal integration of Alcatel-Lucent and Nokia.
Jan 2016 The directaphone Singing Wires, January 2016 USA eng Article about a remarkable unique device made by ATEA in the beginning of the 1950s
Autumn 2015

The automation of the telephone network in Greece

Telecom History Journal, issue 92 UK eng Article about the automation of the telephone network in Greece in the 1920s, where ATEA tried to take part
Aug 2015

The Automatic Electric AE1 and derived phones by overseas companies

Singing wires, vol 29 nr 8 USA eng Automatic Electric Electric released the AE Monophone #1 in 1925. It is interesting to see how overseas companies in the UK, Italy and Belgium made derivative versions.
October 2014 Antwerp Telecom city museum MAS BE eng brochure about a mini-exhibition on telecom in an Antwerp museum
April 2014 Micro-fone Singing Wires USA eng Article about the first credit card verification phone
February 2014 ATEA type 51 Singing Wires USA eng Article about ATEA type 51 wallphone
         
2014 Atea and WW II Singing Wires,
THG Journal
USA/UK eng During WWII ATEA had to work for Siemens
May 2014 Evolution of PABX attendant's consoles Singing Wires, vol 28, nr 5 USA eng Evolution of a PABX attendant console over the years
April 2014 Phone of the Month: GTE Micro-Fone Singing Wires, vol 28, nr 4 USA eng Description of the Micro-phone, the first telephone with data capabilties.
Feb 2014 Phone of the month: ATEA Type 51 Singing Wires, vol 28, nr 2 USA eng Description of an ATEA "art déco" phone
Spring/Summer 2014 Atea during WW II Telecom History Journal , issue 86/87 UK eng During WW 2, ATEA was in occupied territory and had to work under Siemens management
Dec 2013 VOBW: Voice Over Barbed Wire fences Singing Wires bonus pages, vol 27, nr 11 USA eng An article over using a barbed wire fence in the Wild West for use as a telephone network.
Spring  2013 Remarkable Story of an ATEA Telephone Telecom History Journal , issue 82 UK eng A remarkable ATEA telephone, manufactured for almost 30 years.
October 2012 An old noble family, a castle, the American army, and an ATEA PABX during WW II Singing Wires; vol 26, nr 10 USA eng Remarkable story of a US army lieutenant who took an ATEA PABX as spoil of war during WW 2
Spring 2012 Theodore Gary and his companies Telecom History Journal , issue 78, UK eng Story of Theodore Gary, a key business man who did a lot for international phone companies related to Automatic Electric
Spring 2012 A History of ATEA 1892-1999 Telecom History Journal , issue 78, UK eng Rich illustrated English version of the ATEA story
juli/aug  2012 History of the ATEA Singing Wires; vol 26, nr 7 & 8 USA eng Rich illustrated ATEA Story
May 2012

Commercial Cable Company, Antwerp Staton

Website USA eng History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications, Commercial Cable Company: Antwerp Station  by Jan Verhelst and Bill Burns

History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications from the first submarine cable of 1850 to the worldwide fiber optic network

2009

The Bell Telephone Manufacturing Company of Antwerp, Belgium

Website Austra
lia
eng Article by Bob Estreich and Jan Verhelst
2009 Automatic Electric Website austra
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eng Story of Automatic Electric, written by an Australian with my assistance;

Part 2, Automatic Electric overseas


laatst gewijzigd op 09/09/24 door Jan Verhelst