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  2. Telegraph boy - Wikipedia

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    The UK's GPO (General Post Office) Telegram messenger motorbike of the 1940sIn many English-speaking countries, a telegram delivery boy, telegraph boy or telegram boy was a young man employed to deliver telegrams, usually on bicycle.

  3. Despatch rider - Wikipedia

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    A despatch rider (or dispatch) is a military messenger, mounted on horse or motorcycle (and occasionally in Egypt during World War I, on camels). [1] In the UK 'despatch rider' is also a term used for a motorcycle courier. Despatch riders were used by armed forces to deliver urgent orders and messages between headquarters and military units.

  4. Setcom Corporation - Wikipedia

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    Setcom Corporation is an American manufacturer of communications equipment for police motorcycle officers, firefighters, rescue personnel and industrial users. Setcom supplies public safety professionals in all fifty states, most major US cities, and more than twenty countries with communications equipment.

  5. Motorcycle courier - Wikipedia

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    Most motorcycle couriers on the open circuit use machines no bigger than 600 cc, which are light and economical in town but adequate enough for occasional long-distance work. Motorcycle couriers are especially common in countries like Singapore because the cost of car ownership is very high due to car taxes and a Certificate of Entitlement (COE).

  6. Incumbent local exchange carrier - Wikipedia

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    The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) may, by rule, provide for the treatment of an LEC (or class or category thereof) as an ILEC if: such carrier occupies a position in the market for telephone exchange service within an area that is comparable to the position occupied by a carrier described previously

  7. Public Relations and Communications Association - Wikipedia

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    It was founded in 1969 (as the Public Relations Consultants Association), and was originally an organisation for PR agencies; its membership includes 400 agency members, including most of the top 100 UK consultancies; over 100 in-house communications teams from multinationals, UK charities and public sector organisations. The PRCA launched in ...

  8. Auto-Cycle Union - Wikipedia

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    The ACU was founded in 1903 [1] with the name of the Auto-Cycle Club, [3] as a branch of the Automobile Club of Great Britain (later to become the Royal Automobile Club). [4] [5] Its aim was to develop motor sport through clubs and arrange touring facilities for members. [3]

  9. Telecommunications in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Telecommunications in the United Kingdom have evolved from the early days of the telegraph to modern fibre broadband and high-speed 5G networks. History Company logo on porch of 17 & 19 Newhall Street, Birmingham (former Central exchange) National Telephone Company (NTC) was a British telephone company from 1881 until 1911, which brought together smaller local companies in the early years of ...