CTT
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{{dablink|CTT redirects here. For other meanings of CTT see [[CTT (disambiguation)]]}}
{{Infobox_Company |
company_name = CTT - Correios de Portugal, S.A. |
company_type = [[Government-owned corporation|Government Enterprise]] |
company_logo = [[Image:CTT-Logo-20080409.png|84px|CTT logo]] |
foundation = [[1520]] as '''''Correio Público''''' ('''Public Post Office''')|
location = [[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]] |
key_people = [[Luís Nazaré]], Chairman & CEO|
industry = [[Mail]]|
homepage = [http://www.ctt.pt/ www.ctt.pt] |
}}
[[image:Veiculo ctt.jpg|thumb|200px|right|A CTT mail delivery vehicle]]
[[image:marco_ctt.jpg|thumb|200px|right|A CTT traditional mail box]]
[[Image:Ctt santarém.jpg|thumb|200px|right|A CTT local post office]]
'''''CTT Correios de Portugal, S.A.''''' - meaning '''Postal Services of Portugal, [[public limited company|plc]]''' - is the national [[mail|postal service]] of [[Portugal]]. The acronym '''CTT''' comes from '''''Correios, Telégrafos e Telefones''''' - [[Postal Telegraph and Telephone|Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones]] - the former name of the postal administration. CTT has become a [[public limited company]] in 1991, but all the capital is still controlled by the Portuguese Government.
In 2007, CTT started to offer a [[mobile phone operator|mobile phone service]] in [[Portugal]], under the brand name '''Phone-ix'''.
'''CTT''' was also the designation of the postal services of the former [[Portuguese Empire|Portuguese Colonies]]. It is still the designation of the [[CTT (Macau)|Macau Postal Service]].
==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]]).
==History==
[[1520]] - King [[Manuel I of Portugal|Manuel I]] creates the public mail service of Portugal, the '''''Correio Público''''' -'''Public Post Office'''.
[[1533]] - the first postal service regulation in Portugal.
[[1753]] - the first financial mails regulations in Portugal.
[[1821]] - the beginning of house-to-house mail delivering in Portugal.
[[1880]] - the fusion of the Post Office and the Telegraphs Department in one 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 become 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 the several changes of 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 reformed three times, the last one 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 [[telecommunication]]s service is separated from the CTT, becoming an autonomous company. At the same time, CTT become a [[public limited company]] (with all shares owned by the Portuguese government), adopting the name '''''CTT Correios de Portugal''''' - '''CTT Posts of Portugal'''.
==External links==
*[http://www.ctt.pt CTT]
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