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Over the last few weeks we have been publishing a series of articles with the most relevant milestones decade by decade. Let's see what they are.
In 1924, on 19 April to be precise, as we have just mentioned,
Throughout this decade another series of events of great importance for the company took place, such as the installation of the first 100,000 telephones (in 1926) or the first transatlantic call, with a conversation on
A year later, in 1929, the iconic building at Gran Vía 28 in
In a decade marked by the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), the company managed shortly before (in 1935) to reach the figure of 20 million calls, conferences which at that time were not made but "put on".
In 1945, a significant change took place in the company: the State acquired 79% of the company's shares for almost
Three years later, in 1948, more than 500,000 telephones were in service and in 1949 the record number of telephones installed in a year was broken, specifically 54,077 new lines. However, given the exponential growth in demand, the waiting list was still 145,000 lines.
Although it may seem more recent, the first vehicle telephony tests took place as early as 1952. A year later, in 1953, another novelty arrived: automatic calls between subscribers without the need for a telephone operator.
In this same decade, specifically in 1955, another milestone was reached: one million telephones were installed.
In 1963, telephone booths began to be installed in
In 1969, the whole planet was watching the arrival of the human being on the moon, an event of enormous magnitude in which
The 1970s were marked by numerous technological advances. One of these came in 1976, when mobile telephony arrived in
In 1977, 95% of telephone lines were already automatic. A year later, in 1978, another important figure in the company's history was reached: for the first time more than 10 million telephones were installed.
1984 was accompanied by the first change of logo in the company's history. A year later, in 1985, one of the company's most emblematic advertisements was launched: yes, it was obvious, but the year 2000 was 15 years away.
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The symbol that we were facing new times came in 1988: from the town of Polopos (
In a decade in which, at the beginning,
The same decade saw the emergence of mobile telephony and the Internet, with the birth of Movistar (1995) and the arrival of ADSL in
In addition, in 1997
The first decade of the 21st century was marked by unstoppable internationalisation with two major milestones: in 2004
Two other major moments in the company's history occurred during this decade: in 2007
This decade was marked by the birth of numerous initiatives and programmes that are now part of the company's day-to-day business, such as Wayra, Talentum, Espacio Fundación
Also in this decade, in 2016, the current chairman, Jose María Álvarez-Pallete, replaced his predecessor,
The current decade began marked at all levels by the Covid-19 pandemic, in a year 2020 that we will not soon forget, and in which
2021 also saw the birth of
The 2024 page of this centenary history is still being written, so we encourage you not to miss all the information about
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