Heritage archive · 1930–1992
A history in a few dates
Created in 1930, the Telegraph and Telephone Authority ran Belgium's telecommunications network for over sixty years.
First Belgian telegraph line in service: Brussels–Antwerp, operated by a private concessionaire (Cooke & Wheatstone).
The Brussels–Antwerp line was purchased by the State (60,000 francs). At that time, only Brussels, Antwerp and Mechelen were open to the public, with ‘very little’ traffic.
First international telegraph connection (Prussia): Verviers designated as the point where the two services diverge.
The telegraph services consist of 75 offices (78 if you include the duplicate offices in Brussels, Antwerp, and Liège) and 1,057 km of lines.
Network expanded to 356 offices (including ~260 at train stations and ~83 at post offices); 3,519 km of lines.
433 offices (120 at state-owned stations, 93 at concession-operated stations, 128 auxiliary offices, and 92 in cities); of the 305 state-owned offices, only 20 have dedicated telegraph staff.
445 offices; 15,639 km of lines (entire network, including concession lines).
The Beginnings of Privately Operated Telephony.
Decision on a state monopoly: The state operates the telephone system “in the public interest” as a public service.
Construction — Telephone exchange — R De La Science (Charleroi)
Construction — Telephone exchange — Graanmarkt Kortrijk (Kortrijk)
Construction — Telephone exchange — H Serruyslaan Postgebouw (Oostende)
Creation of the Telegraph and Telephone Authority, an autonomous state enterprise.
Construction — Telephone exchange — Maldegem Stationsplein (Maldegem)
Construction — Telephone exchange — Diksmuide Station (Diksmuide)
Construction — Telephone exchange — Theux Rue du pont (Theux)
Expansion of the automatic network in the country's major cities.
Construction — Telephone exchange — Hemiksem Abdistraat (Hemiksem)
Construction — Telephone exchange — Blankenberge 1 (Blankenberge)
Construction — Telephone exchange — Hoegaarden 1 (Hoegaarden)
Construction — Telephone exchange — Hastière gare (Hastière)
Construction — Telephone exchange — Chaussee notre dame (Soignies)
Construction — Telephone exchange — Soumagne Resistance (Soumagne)
Construction — Telephone exchange — Wondelgem Kapiteinstraat (Wondelgem)
Construction — Telephone exchange — R De La Station (Soignies)
Construction — Telephone exchange — Jurbise ancien (Jurbise)
Construction — Telephone exchange — Voie L'Air Pur (Chaudfontaine)
Post-war rebuilding and modernisation of the exchanges.
Construction — Telephone exchange — Anthisnes ancien (Anthisnes)
Construction — Telephone exchange — Sint-Gillis (Sint-Gillis)
Construction — Telephone exchange — Rue Des Remparts (Fosses-La-Ville)
Construction — Telephone exchange — Stationsplein (Harelbeke)
Laying of the undersea cable between Ostend and Dover: a direct link to England.
Construction — Telephone exchange — R Prairie Coppee (La Louviere)
Construction — Telephone exchange — Ruddervoorde Markt (Ruddervoorde)
Construction — Telephone exchange — Polgevangenenstr (Ronse)
Construction — Telephone exchange — Rue Du Centre (Sprimont)
Construction — Telephone exchange — Schoonaarde (Schoonaarde)
Construction — Telephone exchange — Uitbreidingstr (Antwerpen)
Construction — Telephone exchange — Aalter Brug-Zuid (Aalter)
Construction — Telephone exchange — Aywaille Wilmotte (Aywaille)
Construction — Telephone exchange — Chee De Chimay (Beaumont)
Construction — Telephone exchange — Hoegaarden 2 (Hoegaarden)
Construction — Telephone exchange — Kasteelstraat (Vleteren)
Construction — Telephone exchange — R St J Baptiste (Sambreville)
Construction — Telephone exchange — Rue Montroeul (Quievrain)
Construction — Telephone exchange — Forville chaussée (Forville)
Construction — Telephone exchange — Leopoldsburg (Leopoldsburg)
Construction — Telephone exchange — Mesenstraat (Komen-Waasten)
Construction — Telephone exchange — Rue Religieuses (Philippeville)
Automatic telephony rolled out across the whole territory.
The RTT becomes Belgacom, an autonomous public company.
First steps toward telecom liberalisation.
The Proximus Group has decided to sell more than 100 buildings as part of its new strategy.
This website was launched to catalog the Régie's buildings.
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