GPO RETRO DESIGN (Spain)
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The GPO (General Post Office) was created by Oliver Cromwell's Parliament in 1657, who declared: "There shall be a General Post Office and an officer named Postmaster General of England." However, Charles II did not recognize any of Cromwell's laws, so he issued a very similar law in 1660, which confirmed the formation of The Post Office. The act made GPO the sole carrier of postage in the UK and prohibited all competition. In 1870, the GPO took control of Britain's telegraph network and assumed full control of the telephone network in 1912. Thereafter, the GPO was the monopoly provider of the telephone and telegraph networks until 1982, when the first operator in competition with the new British. Telecom (successor to Post Office Telecommunications).
The original GPO Telephones were produced by the UK General Post Office from the advent of the telephone in the mid-19th century to the late 20th century, when the telephone network was still a public service. Within that one hundred and fifty year period, GPO released a host of memorable, rugged phones designed for everyday use that were eventually discontinued when the company became a private corporation in the 1980s and technology advanced to meet demand. of cheaper products.
The original GPO Telephones were produced by the UK General Post Office from the advent of the telephone in the mid-19th century to the late 20th century, when the telephone network was still a public service. Within that one hundred and fifty year period, GPO released a host of memorable, rugged phones designed for everyday use that were eventually discontinued when the company became a private corporation in the 1980s and technology advanced to meet demand. of cheaper products.
