List of historical British telcos
This list of historical British telcos is a list of
British Telecom's
(BT) privatisation, or, if created subsequently to BT's privatisation, took over telecoms networks that existed prior to the privatisation.
BT and predecessors
These are the early
privatisation
entity that in turn succeeded those.
Telegraph companies
Between 1846 and 1868, that is, from the formation of the first company until the announcement of nationalisation, 64 telegraph companies were formed. However, 68% of them failed, and only a handful of them grew to any significant size.[1]
- Anglo-American Telegraph Company
- Bonelli's Electric Telegraph Company
- British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company
- British Electric Telegraph Company
- British Telegraph Company
- Eastern Telegraph Company
- Electric and International Telegraph Company
- Electric Telegraph Company
- English and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company
- International Telegraph Company
- Irish Submarine Telegraph Company
- London District Telegraph Company
- Submarine Telegraph Company
- United Kingdom Telegraph Company
- Universal Private Telegraph Company
Telephone companies
- Corporation of Glasgow Telephone Department
- Edison Telephone Company of London Limited
- Lancashire and Cheshire Telephonic Exchange Company Limited
- London and Globe Telephone Maintenance Company
- National Telephone Company
- Northern District Telephone Company
- Telephone Company Limited (Bell's Patents)
- United Telephone Company
- Western Counties and South Wales Telephone Company
Nationalised successors
- General Post Office
- Post Office Telecommunications
- Post Office Corporation (Telecommunications division)
- British Telecom
Post-privatisation
- British Telecommunications plc
Early BT competitors
- British Rail Telecommunications
- Cable and Wireless
- Energis
- Kingston Communications
- Mercury Telecommunications
- NTL
- Racal Telecom
- Vodafone
See also
Telecommunications portal
United Kingdom portal
References
- OCLC 655205099.
External links
- Distant Writing - The History of the Telegraph Companies in Britain between 1838 and 1868
- https://web.Archive.org/web/20100527143141/http://www.BTplc.com/Thegroup/BTsHistory/History.htm