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1520: King Manuel I creates the public mail service of Portugal, the Correio Público—Public Post Office.

1533: The first postal service regulations in Portugal.

1753: The first financial mail regulations in Portugal.

1821: The beginning of house-to-house mail delivery in Portugal.

1880: The fusion of the Post Office and the Telegraphs Department into a single service, the Department of Posts, Telegraphs and Lighthouses—Direcção-Geral de Correios, Telégraphos e Faróis.

1911: the department received administrative and financial autonomy from the Portuguese State and became the General Administration of Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones—Administração-Geral dos Correios, Telégrafos e Telefones—adopting the CTT acronym which was kept until today, even after several changes of its official name.

1953: CTT adopts the horse rider logo. The logo represents an ancient postman rider of the CTT, announcing his arrival with a bugle. The logo was redesigned three times, most recently in 2004.

1969: CTT becomes a State Company, adopting the name CTT Correios e Telecomunicações de Portugal—CTT Posts and Telecommunications of Portugal.

1992: the telecommunications service is separated from the CTT, becoming an autonomous company. At the same time, CTT becomes a public limited company , adopting the name CTT Correios de Portugal—CTT Posts of Portugal.

30 November 2007: CTT launches Phone-ix, a mobile virtual network operator operating on the MEO network.

2014: the CTT becomes an entirely private company.

1 January 2019: CTT closes down Phone-ix.