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Thomas Farely

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His knowledge of telecommunications has served, most notably, the American Heritage Invention and Technology Magazine and The History Channel.
His interview on Alexander Graham Bell will air on the History Channel the end of 2006.

Ken Schmidt

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He has been quoted in newspapers and magazines on issues regarding cell towers and has spoke at industry and non-industry conferences on cell tower related issues.

He is recognized as an expert on cell tower leases and due diligence processes for tower acquisitions.

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January 29, 2005

Posted by Tom Farley & Mark van der Hoek at 12:07 AM

More on Bahrain

More on Bahrain! Here are two pictures and their accompanying text from the long out of print Girdle Round The Earth, described in my notes for January 25th.

Click on the pictures to enlarge

"In the 1960s the main build-up by Cable and Wireless was taking place in the total-concession areas of the Middle and Far East. The company had introduced Telex to Bahrain in 1963 and it had spread to the rest of the Gulf; in 1966 it opened tropospheric scatter radio links between Bahrain, Doha (Qatar) and Dubai. (Above right) a telegraph operator at Bahrain; (above left) a radio-telephone ship-to-shore operator at Bahrain coastal station."

Girdle Round The Earth: The Story of Cable and Wireless, Hugh Barty-King, William Heinemann Ltd, London, 1979 p. 369.

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