Telephone

    Telephone it is a Spanish company of telecommunications that operates at international level. Its day's work begins in 1924 constituting the National Telephone company of Spain (CTNE) like Joint-stock company in Madrid. That same year a contract between the State and the CTNE was signed, with the aim of which the Spanish company was in charge of the structuring, organization, reform and extension of the national telephone service.

    At the end of the decade of the 20, protagonism is for the establishment of the transatlantic communications. This way it is come in 1928 to the inauguration of the telephone communication Madrid and Washington. The top agent chief executives at that time were Alfonso XIII, king of Spain and Calvin Coolidge, president of the EE.UU.

    In 1929, a new inauguration takes place, in this case the building soothes of the Company, in the Great one Via of Madrid. The Spanish State decides in 1945 to nationalize the actions of the CTNE property of the ITT (International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation) controlling the State therefore 79.6% of the actions in circulation. 

    Telephone it has been growing it could be said in geometric proportion, throughout the years, counting on the other hand on a strong demand, thus emphasizes the fact that in spite of their continuous expansion in 1954, 200,000 requests on watch to the delay existed more than. At international level in 1957 already communication with 107 countries could be established. Its continuous expansion went always accompanied of far-reaching projects and of this way in 1960 it becomes the first company of the country.

    At the end of years 60 the communications through satellites came, and Telephone it inaugurated the Earth station of Communications of Satellite of Butitrago de Lozoya (municipality located to 76 km of Madrid), with the primary target to structure international the communicative traffic through via satellite.

    In 1985 the company happens to be called Telefónica de España S.A. and in 1987 it begins to quote in stock-market of New York. 1990 the great movable telephone bet of in good condition analogical enters game: MoviLine. In 1994 the launching of the digital movable telephony through Movistar begins.

    In 1995 the first partial privatization of Telephone takes place, in which the Government considered advisable to come off itself a 12% of the Company. On the other hand and given the height that was having Internet, it presents/displays the InfoVía service, to be able to satisfy his increasing demand.

    In 1999 it presents/displays his broadband service ADSL and it is able to privatize itself totally.

    Telephone leader of telecommunications is an international company. It offers services of communication determines and moving body, information services and of entertainment. It has presence in Europe, Asia and Latin America. He is the operator of reference in the Spanish-Portuguese market of speech. Its place in the list of companies of telecommunications is fifth by stock-exchange capitalization. In the index Eurostoxx 50 (grouping of the companies of greater spread of the Eurozona) it occupies the position eighth. It has more of a million and average one of shareholders and quotes in the most important national and international bags.  In June of 2007 his number of clients it is of 212.6 million.

    Present President Ejecutivo of telephone is Caesar Alierta Izuel and he is it from the 26 of July of the year 2000. The previous one was Juan Navarrese Villalonga.