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iTelegram

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International Telegram or iTelegram provides telegram, telex, and mailgram service.[1]Initially, it was founded as Telegrams Canada in 2003 when AT&T Canada abandoned its telegram service. It took over telegram service in the United States from Western Union on January 27, 2006.[2][3]

As of 2019, the company maintains telegram services in around 180 countries.[4]

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  1. ^ Sugden, Joanna; Dutta, Saptarishi; Krishna, R. Jai (July 15, 2013). "Hunted Lovers Mourn End of the Telegraph". India Real Time (blog). The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company. International Telegram (iTelegram,) a Canada-based company, delivers international telegrams using telex lines leased from Western Union, which closed its service in 2006 to focus on its more lucrative money wire service.
  2. ^ "On this Date: Western Union's last telegram". WHTM-TV. 2023-01-27.
  3. ^ Campbell, Morgan (2013-06-18). "Toronto firm Telegrams Canada still wires 20,000 messages a year". The Star. Archived from the original on 2022-01-22. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
  4. ^ "Our worldwide service area". International Telegram. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
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