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{{Short description|Transatlantic communications cable}}
'''TAT-2''' was [[AT&T Corporation]]'s second [[transatlantic telephone cable]]. It was in operation from 1959 to 1982, initially carrying 48 [[telecommunication circuit|telephone circuits]] on two cables between [[Penmarch]], [[France]] and [[Clarenville]], [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]].<ref>{{cite book |last1= Hills|first1= Jill|title= Telecommunications and empire|page= 57}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://atlantic-cable.com//Cables/CableTimeLine/index1951.htm|title=History of the Atlantic Cable & Submarine Telegraphy - Cable Timeline|website=atlantic-cable.com|access-date=2018-08-05}}</ref> It was operated by [[AT&T]] and the national operators of Germany and France.

== References ==
Film on the construction of the cable system [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqRj3lvvg7Y AT&T Archives: Cable to the Continent, a 1959 film about the second transatlantic telephone cable]
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[[Category:Transatlantic communications cables]]
[[Category:Canada–France relations]]
[[Category:1959 establishments in France]]
[[Category:1959 establishments in Newfoundland and Labrador]]
[[Category:1982 disestablishments in France]]
[[Category:1982 disestablishments in Newfoundland and Labrador]]

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