Standard Telephones & Cables Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Western Electric Co
- Western Electric Ltd
- Submarine Cables Ltd
- ICL Plc
- Northern Telecom
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Southampton, City of Southampton, Hampshire, South East, England
- Southgate, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Woolwich, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Information processing equipment production
Computer hardware equipment production
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Electrical & electronic engineering
Electrical wire & cable production
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Electrical & electronic engineering
Telephone & telegraph equipment production
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Electrical & electronic engineering
Television & radio transmitting & receiving equipment production
Notes:
Established in 1883, by J E Kingsbury, as an agency of Western Electric Co of USA to sell telephone and telegraph equipment, including exchanges, in Britain. Started to manufacture cable and equipment from 1898 and incorporated 1910 as Western Electric Ltd. Acquired by ITT [International Telephone & Telegraph] of USA in 1925 and renamed Standard Telephones & Cables Ltd. Post war became a leader in development / manufacture of broad range of telecommunication, radio and television transmission equipment including optical link fibre cable. 1970 acquired Submarine Cables Ltd. ITT disposed of most of its shareholding by 1982 by when the latter was a public company. In 1980s STC acquired ICL Plc and in 1991 was itself acquired by and subsumed into Northern Telecom [Nortel]. Sometime had major plant at New Southgate, London; Southampton; Woolwich; etc.
Publications:
- British Computer Industry. Crisis and development by Kelly, Tim
- Determinants of competitive success in the interwar British radio industry by Scott, Peter
- Firm Friends. 'Telling it like it was'. The life and times of STC at New Southgate by Springate, Stan
- History of the Telephone in the United Kingdom by Baldwin, Francis G C
- Industry and Innovation. The technological revolution in the Lea Valley by Lewis, Jim
- New Southgate Factory of Standard Telephones & Cables Ltd by Unknown
- One Hundred Years of STC by Sibley, L
- Power of Speech. A history of Standard Telephones & Cables, 1883-1983 by Young, Peter
- Progress in Telecommunication Cables by Unknown
- Rise and Fall of Step by Step. The story of a telephone engineer by Paren, Bernard H
- Story of STC, 1883-1958 by Unknown
- Story of the Telephone. A history of the telecommunications industry of Britain by Robertson, J H
- These and Other Things Were Done. The war story of Standard Telephones & Cables Ltd by Reekie, Douglas
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Western Electric Co
- Western Electric Ltd
- Submarine Cables Ltd
- ICL Plc
- Northern Telecom
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Southampton, City of Southampton, Hampshire, South East, England
- Southgate, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Woolwich, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Information processing equipment production Computer hardware equipment production
- Electrical & electronic engineering Electrical wire & cable production
- Electrical & electronic engineering Telephone & telegraph equipment production
- Electrical & electronic engineering Television & radio transmitting & receiving equipment production
Notes:
Established in 1883, by J E Kingsbury, as an agency of Western Electric Co of USA to sell telephone and telegraph equipment, including exchanges, in Britain. Started to manufacture cable and equipment from 1898 and incorporated 1910 as Western Electric Ltd. Acquired by ITT [International Telephone & Telegraph] of USA in 1925 and renamed Standard Telephones & Cables Ltd. Post war became a leader in development / manufacture of broad range of telecommunication, radio and television transmission equipment including optical link fibre cable. 1970 acquired Submarine Cables Ltd. ITT disposed of most of its shareholding by 1982 by when the latter was a public company. In 1980s STC acquired ICL Plc and in 1991 was itself acquired by and subsumed into Northern Telecom [Nortel]. Sometime had major plant at New Southgate, London; Southampton; Woolwich; etc.Publications:
- British Computer Industry. Crisis and development by Kelly, Tim
- Determinants of competitive success in the interwar British radio industry by Scott, Peter
- Firm Friends. 'Telling it like it was'. The life and times of STC at New Southgate by Springate, Stan
- History of the Telephone in the United Kingdom by Baldwin, Francis G C
- Industry and Innovation. The technological revolution in the Lea Valley by Lewis, Jim
- New Southgate Factory of Standard Telephones & Cables Ltd by Unknown
- One Hundred Years of STC by Sibley, L
- Power of Speech. A history of Standard Telephones & Cables, 1883-1983 by Young, Peter
- Progress in Telecommunication Cables by Unknown
- Rise and Fall of Step by Step. The story of a telephone engineer by Paren, Bernard H
- Story of STC, 1883-1958 by Unknown
- Story of the Telephone. A history of the telecommunications industry of Britain by Robertson, J H
- These and Other Things Were Done. The war story of Standard Telephones & Cables Ltd by Reekie, Douglas