Unraveling the History of Cablegrams: The Precursor to Modern Communication

A cablegram is a message sent through a telegraph network, particularly one that uses undersea cables to transmit the message. The term "cable" refers to the undersea communication cables used to send the message, and "gram" is an abbreviation of "message." Cablegrams were commonly used in the early 20th century for long-distance communication between countries, before the advent of more modern forms of electronic communication such as telephone and email.