Despite end of India's national telegraph service, telegraphy lives on. by Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, June 19 2013, 9:38am CST
The Christian Science Monitor recently reported what many
> people may have assumed had already happened years ago: the
> death of the telegram. With the pending closure of Indian
> national telecommunications company Bharat Sanchar Nigam
> Limited's telegraph service offices, the Monitor reported
> that "the world's last telegram message will be sent
> somewhere in India on July 14."
>
> But news of the death of the telegram has been greatly
> exaggerated. "Somehow they got the impression that this meant
> the end of telegrams worldwide," Colin Stone, Director of
> Operations for International Telegram, a telegraphy service
> based in Canada, said in a phone conversation with Ars. "We'll
> still offer services in India, even though the state-run
> service is closing."
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The Monitor has since posted the following clarification on its website:
Editor's Note: The original story incorrectly heralded the
> worldwide demise of the telegram. In fact, some telegram
> services live on, including an international telegram service
> that will continue to operate in India even as the state-run
> service is shutting down.)
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