BT Group Plc
Other Business Names:
- Post Office Telecommunications
- General Post Office
- British Telecommunications Plc
- British Telecom Plc
- BT Cellnet
- O2
- EE
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 the 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. 1980 renamed British Telecommunications and in 1981 became entirely separate from the Post Office. Partly privatised 1984 as British Telecommunications Plc and fully privatised by 1993. In 2001 British Telecommunications Plc was reorganised when its mobile business, BT Cellnet, was hived off into O2 and the remainder of its business placed in BT Group Plc. 2013 launched TV channels - BT Sport. 2016 bought the very large EE mobile phone business. In 2024 remains the major telecommunications business in UK but very substantial international interests [2024]
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
- British Telecom Plc
- BT Cellnet
- O2
- EE
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 the 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. 1980 renamed British Telecommunications and in 1981 became entirely separate from the Post Office. Partly privatised 1984 as British Telecommunications Plc and fully privatised by 1993. In 2001 British Telecommunications Plc was reorganised when its mobile business, BT Cellnet, was hived off into O2 and the remainder of its business placed in BT Group Plc. 2013 launched TV channels - BT Sport. 2016 bought the very large EE mobile phone business. In 2024 remains the major telecommunications business in UK but very substantial international interests [2024]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