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Southern New England Telephone Company:
The First Fifty Years, 1878-1928

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The Early Years


George Willard Coy (1836-1915). Coy developed the world's first commercial telephone exchange. It opened for business on January 28, 1878 in New Haven and the company developed to operate it, New Haven District Telephone, would eventually become Southern New England Telephone Company.

George Coy, founder of the New Haven District Telephone Company