Historic milestones
Teaching and research in Telecommunications
Some key dates
| 1844 | Electric telegraph is incorporated into the telegraphic lines Administration |
| 1873 | Merger of the post and telegraphs with the Post and Telegraphs Administration |
| 1878 | Creation of the École Supérieure de Télégraphie (EST) by the Post and Telegraphs Administration |
| 1888 | The Ecole Supérieure de Télégraphie becomes the Ecole Professionnelle Supérieure des Postes et Télégraphes (or Professional School of Post and Telegraphs) (EPSPT) |
| 1889 | Nationalisation of the telephone network |
| 1904 | Invention of the word 'telecommunication' by Edouard Estaunié, director of the EPSPT |
| 1912 | The Ecole Professionnelle Supérieure des Postes et Télégraphes (EPSPT) becomes the Ecole Supérieure des Postes et Télégraphes (ESPT) |
| 1916 | Creation of the 'service d'études et de recherche techniques' or technological studies and research department (SERT) |
| 1941 | Creation of the Direction Générale des Télécommunications (DGT), or Government Telecommunications Department |
| 1942 | The ESPT splits into two distinct entities: - the ENSPTT for administrative higher education - the ENST (which became Télécom Paris) for technical training of engineers. The school is managed by the Direction Supérieure des Enseignements (DSE) of the DGT. |
| 1944 | Creation of the interministerial research center CNET (National Center for Telecommunication Studies) |
| 1977 | Creation of ENST Bretagne |
| 1979 | The Institut National des Cadres Techniques (National Institute of Technical Managers) becomes the National Telecommunications Institute (INT) |
| 1988-1990 | Creation of associate bodies (Théséus, ENIC now Télécom Lille 1, Eurécom) |
| 1990 | Separation of post and telecoms (the DGT becomes France Télécom) and end of state monopoly |
| 1996 | France Télécom, the public operator, becomes a private-law limited liability company. |
| 1996 |
Following the privatisation of France Télécom, The Groupe des écoles des télécommunications (Telecommunications Schools Group) is created by the Government, on 27 December 1996, as a replacement for the operator in the management of the 3 telecommunications schools. |
| 2008 | The Telecommunications Schools Group (GET) changes its name to become Institut Télécom. |
| June 2008 | 2 associate school agreements signed with the ISTASE (now TELECOM Saint-Etienne) and ENSPS. |
| January 2010 | An associate school agreement with ENSEIRB-MATMECA located in Bordeaux |
| September 2011 | 2 associate school agreements signed with ENSIIE in Evry and ESIAL in Nancy |
Crédits
This historical review is taken from the book Les Télécoms: Histoire des Ecoles supérieures des télécommunications by Michel Atten, François du Castel and Marie Pierre, published in 1999 by Hachette (ISBN 2.01.170558.4). It was produced with the help of the Association pour l'Histoire des Télécommunications et de l'Informatique (AHTI) (Association for the history of Telecommunications and Information Technology) and GET's archives.
