Telephone call, 1927 (b/w photo)

1st transatlantic telephone call 1927. The American company America's Bell Labs, now known as AT&T made the first successful radio telephone call between New York and London on January 7, 1927. President of AT&T, Walter S Gifford is sitting at a table during the conversation with Sir Evelyn Murray, the Secretary of the General Post Office, which managed the British telephone system at the time. The telephone call is overheard by a group of men at the table listening in on the conversation. In England, the transatlantic radio telephone service was being operated from Rugby Radio Station, that at the time, was the world's largest radio station. The line was keep busy by pre-booked appointments at $75 per 3 minute call. It is estimated that approximately 6 million dollars of business transactions were connected to those calls.