[x-pubpol] India to send world's last telegram. Stop.

[Joly MacFie]

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2013/0614/India-to-send-world-s-last-telegram.-Stop

India will pull the plug on its 160-year-old telegram service on 14
July, this year. This will probably be the last telegram ever sent in
the world. However, telegrams are still relevant in this vast country.
More than 500 million people are still without access to a phone or
Internet. For these people, telegram still remains the only digital
communication available. 'At their peak in 1985, 60 million telegrams
were being sent and received a year in India from 45,000 offices.
Today, only 75 offices exist, though they are located in each of
India's 671 districts through franchises.



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