In 2007, CTT began to offer a mobile phone service in Portugal, under the brand name Phone-ix. Phone-ix was closed down on 1 January 2019.[3]
In 2014, CTT was privatized by the Portuguese government to raise money and comply with European Union requirements for its bailout. In the previous year, 70% of the CTT shares had already been tendered.[4]
Its current and longest-running visual identity (that were introduced on 4 October 2004) were receiving subsequent redesigns in July 2015 and March 2020, but its logo (the current one that were introduced on 4 October 2004) remains virtually unchanged.
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 (with all shares owned by the Portuguese government), adopting the name CTT Correios de Portugal—CTT Posts of Portugal.
