The Submarine Cables, Law Of The Sea and Bulgarian Approach: International legal framework and the r

The importance of efficient and high-speed international telecommunications cannot be over emphasised in this era of the information superhighway. Since the invention of the telegraph, and the subsequent development of the telephone, telecommunications have played a key role in facilitating international commercial intercourse as well as social and cultural contacts across the seas and oceans. They also provide maritime and naval powers with efficient and secure means of communications whose strategic importance has continued to increase with the widening of the geographical scope of fleet operations. Before the development of satellite radio technology, telegraphic and telephonic communication depended almost exclusively on cable connection; and international telecommunication required terrestrial as well as submarine cables. The story really began in 1795 when a Spaniard named Salva suggested the idea of underwater telegraphic communication. But the significant era of submarine transmission cables was inaugurated in 1850 with the first telegraph cables between Dover in England and Calais in France.