History
was founded as The Great Northern Telegraph Company (Det Store Nordiske Telegrafselskab A/S) was founded in Denmark in June 1869. It was set up as a merger of three recently established telegraph companies initiated by Carl Frederik Tietgen. The aim of the firm was to create a worldwide telegraph company.
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