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India: Home of the World’s Last Telegram

Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Bill Dorman

Published June 17, 2013 at 9:53 AM HST

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Cell phones are now used all over the world. But their growth has pushed out an older technology. The telegram is about to disappear from its last outpost: in Asia. HPR’s Bill Dorman has more in today’s Asia Minute.

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