CTO to celebrate 115 years of existence
CTO to celebrate 115 years of existence Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Head of the Commonwealth, congratulates the CTO on its 115th anniversary. LONDON, 22 JANUARY 2016 – Activities to mark the 115th anniversary of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) were announced last week at a special anniversary launch ceremony attended by over 120 member country representatives, diplomats, industry executives and journalists. The CTO’s origins go back to 1901 with the creation of the Pacific Cable Board (PCB) established to operate the first trans-Pacific sub-marine telegraphic cable linking Canada to Australia. With the advent of radio communications and the expansion of the cable system to other regions forming a global submarine cable network, PCB would undergo several changes, including the creation of Cable & Wireless and, shortly after, the Commonwealth Communications Council , one of the bodies created to oversee access to the cable...