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List of historical British telcos

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This list of historical British telcos is a list of telecommunications companies that either existed prior to 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

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These are the early British telecommunications companies that were nationalised by the British government, the nationalised government organisations that succeeded them, and the privatisation entity that in turn succeeded those.

Telegraph companies

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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]

Telephone companies

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Nationalised successors

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Post-privatisation

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Early BT competitors

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Kieve, Jeffrey L., The Electric Telegraph: A Social and Economic History, p. 96, David and Charles, 1973 OCLC 655205099.
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