CTT – Correios de Portugal,
S.A. () is a Portuguese company that operates as both the national
postal service
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of
Portugal and a commercial group with subsidiaries operating in
banking,
e-commerce, and other
postal services
The mail or post is a system for physically transporting postcards, letters, and parcels. A postal service can be private or public, though many governments place restrictions on private systems. Since the mid-19th century, national postal syst ...
. It was founded in 1520 by King
Manuel I of Portugal, during the
Portuguese Renaissance, and CTT is the oldest company still in operation in
Portugal to this day.
The acronym ''CTT'' comes from the company’s former name ( pt, Correios, Telégrafos e Telefones, which means "
Post, Telegraph and Telephone"), which was also the designation of postal services for the former
Portuguese Colonies and still for
CTT – Post of Macau today.
In 1991, CTT became a
public limited company, and in December 2013 its shares were listed on
Euronext Lisbon.
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.
In 2014, CTT was privatized by the
Portuguese government to raise money and comply with
European Union requirements for its
bailout. In the previous year, 70% of the CTT shares had already been tendered.
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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
* 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
mobile virtual network operator
A mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) is a wireless communications services provider that does not own the wireless network infrastructure over which it provides services to its customers. An MVNO enters into a business agreement with a mobil ...
(MVNO) operating on the
MEO network.
* 2014: the CTT becomes an entirely private company.
* 1 January 2019: CTT closes down Phone-ix.
The CTT group
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
File:CTT Expresso logo.png, CTT Expresso
File:PayShop logo.png, PayShop
File:Phone-ix logo.png, Phone-ix
Veiculo ctt.jpg, A CTT mail delivery vehicle
Buzones de Correos, Plaza 8 de Mayo, Coímbra, Portugal, 2012-05-10, DD 02.JPG, CTT traditional mail boxes for normal mail (red) and priority mail (blue)
Ctt santarém.jpg, A CTT local post office
See also
*
Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal
The Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal (; pt, União Postal das Américas, Espanha e Portugal; UPAEP) is a regional association of the postal authorities in Latin America, the Caribbean, the United States, Canada, Spain, and Portug ...
External links
CTTofficial website
References
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Postal system of Portugal
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Communications in Portugal
Companies established in the 16th century
Organizations established in the 1520s
1520 establishments in Portugal
Companies based in Lisbon