British Telecom Plc
Other Business Names:
- Post Office Telecommunications
- General Post Office
- British Telecommunications Plc
- BT Plc
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Telecommunication & postal services
Telecommunication services
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Electrical & electronic engineering
Telephone & telegraph equipment production
Notes:
Traces its origins to the telegraph and telephone services which came under ownership and control of General Post Office in the late 19th century. By 1912, following its absorption of National Telephone Co Ltd, had a virtual monopoly of telecommunication services in UK. In 1969 known as Post Office Telecommunications, a division of Post Office. 1981 renamed British Telecommunications when it became entirely separate from the Post Office. Privatised 1984 as British Telecommunications Plc. 1981 known as BT Plc. Remains the major telecommunications business in UK but now with substantial international interests.
Publications:
- Between the Lines. A personal history of the British public telephone and telecommunications services, 1870-1990 by Morris, Robert C
- Financing the information age. London telecity, the legacy of IT-82, and the selling of British Telecom by Ward, Jacob
- Monopoly and Competition in British Telecommunications. The past, the present and the future by Harper, John M
- One World. The history of British Telecom International, 1981-1991 by Shircore, Ian E, & Andrew Bailey
- 'Privatising British Telecom ...' in D Parker, Official History of Privatisation. Volume 1. The formative Years, 1970-87 by Parker, David
- Selling of British Telecom by Newman, Karin
- Short History of BT's World. The evolution of BT within global communications by Unknown
- Telecommunications Function in the British Post Office. A case study in bureaucratic adaption by Pitt, Douglas C
- Telecoms in the Internet Age. From boom to bust to - ? by Fransman, Martin
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Post Office Telecommunications
- General Post Office
- British Telecommunications Plc
- BT Plc
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Telecommunication & postal services Telecommunication services
- Electrical & electronic engineering Telephone & telegraph equipment production
Notes:
Traces its origins to the telegraph and telephone services which came under ownership and control of General Post Office in the late 19th century. By 1912, following its absorption of National Telephone Co Ltd, had a virtual monopoly of telecommunication services in UK. In 1969 known as Post Office Telecommunications, a division of Post Office. 1981 renamed British Telecommunications when it became entirely separate from the Post Office. Privatised 1984 as British Telecommunications Plc. 1981 known as BT Plc. Remains the major telecommunications business in UK but now with substantial international interests.Publications:
- Between the Lines. A personal history of the British public telephone and telecommunications services, 1870-1990 by Morris, Robert C
- Financing the information age. London telecity, the legacy of IT-82, and the selling of British Telecom by Ward, Jacob
- Monopoly and Competition in British Telecommunications. The past, the present and the future by Harper, John M
- One World. The history of British Telecom International, 1981-1991 by Shircore, Ian E, & Andrew Bailey
- 'Privatising British Telecom ...' in D Parker, Official History of Privatisation. Volume 1. The formative Years, 1970-87 by Parker, David
- Selling of British Telecom by Newman, Karin
- Short History of BT's World. The evolution of BT within global communications by Unknown
- Telecommunications Function in the British Post Office. A case study in bureaucratic adaption by Pitt, Douglas C
- Telecoms in the Internet Age. From boom to bust to - ? by Fransman, Martin