CTT Correios de Portugal, S.A.

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CTT – Correios de Portugal, S.A.

CTT's current logo since 4 October 2004. This logo had received subsequent redesigns in July 2015 and March 2020
Company type	Sociedade Anónima
Traded as	Euronext Lisbon: CTT PSI-20 component
ISIN	PTCTT0AM0001
Industry	Mail
Founded	6 November 1520 as Correio Público
Headquarters	Lisbon, Portugal
Key people	Francisco de Lacerda, Chairman & CEO
Website	www.ctt.pt

CTT – Correios de Portugal,

In 1991, CTT became a public limited company, and in December 2013 its shares were listed on Euronext Lisbon.^[2]

In 2007, CTT began to offer a mobile phone service in Portugal, under the brand name Phone-ix. Phone-ix was closed down on 1 January 2019.^[3]

In 2014, CTT was privatized by the

Its current and longest-running visual identity (that were introduced on 4 October 2004) were receiving subsequent redesigns in July 2015 and March 2020, but its logo (the current one that were introduced on 4 October 2004) remains virtually unchanged.

History

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• 1520: King Manuel I creates the public mail service of Portugal, the Correio Público—Public Post Office.
• 1533: The first postal service regulations in Portugal.
• 1753: The first financial mail regulations in Portugal.
• 1821: The beginning of house-to-house mail delivery in Portugal.
• 1880: The fusion of the Post Office and the Telegraphs Department into a single service, the Department of Posts, Telegraphs and Lighthouses—Direcção-Geral de Correios, Telégraphos e Faróis.
• 1911: the department received administrative and financial autonomy from the Portuguese State and became the General Administration of Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones—Administração-Geral dos Correios, Telégrafos e Telefones—adopting the CTT acronym which was kept until today, even after several changes of its official name.
• 1953: CTT adopts the horse rider logo. The logo represents an ancient
  postman
  rider of the CTT, announcing his arrival with a bugle. The logo was redesigned three times, most recently in 2004.
• 1969: CTT becomes a State Company, adopting the name CTT Correios e Telecomunicações de Portugal—CTT Posts and Telecommunications of Portugal.
• 1992: the
  telecommunications service is separated from the CTT, becoming an autonomous company. At the same time, CTT becomes a public limited company
  (with all shares owned by the Portuguese government), adopting the name CTT Correios de Portugal—CTT Posts of Portugal.
• 30 November 2007: CTT launches Phone-ix, a
  MEO
  network.
• 2014: the CTT becomes an entirely private company.
• 1 January 2019: CTT closes down Phone-ix.

The CTT group

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The CTT group includes the following subsidiaries:

• CTT Correios: national and international regular mail delivering company;
• CTT Expresso: national and international express mail service;
• Mailtec: management and information systems research & development company;
• PostContacto: non addressed mail delivering company;
• Campos Envelopagem: direct marketing and editorial mail company;
• PayShop: utility services pay net service;
• Phone-ix: mobile communications operator;
• Tourline Express: express mail service (Spain).

Gallery

• 
  CTT Expresso
• 
  PayShop
• 
  Phone-ix
• 
  A CTT mail delivery vehicle
• 
  CTT traditional mail boxes for normal mail (red) and priority mail (blue)
• 
  A CTT local post office

See also

• Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal

External links

• CTT official website

References