No it was always known as the "Telephone". Some tried to dub it "the speaking telegrah"
Qwest' is the former name of the CenturyLink telephone service company. One could visit the CenturyLink website to obtain residential telephone service through this company.
Son of a former president of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation; married (wife's name unknown); children: two.
Ethiopia's former name was Abyssinia.
The former name of Suriname was Guyana
What is russias former name
former name does go in parenthesis if stating current name.
The former name of Afghanistan was Khorasan & Ariana
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Its former name is the Imperial Russian Ballet.
Persia had no former name, it was always known as Persia.
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The former name of the archipelago known as Tavula is Fiji.