| 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 |
