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International Telegraph Conference (Paris, 1890)

16 May - 21 June 1890 - Paris, France

The regulations for the international service and the tables of international tariffs were revised and annexed to the International Telegraph Convention, St. Petersburg (1875) were revised at this administrative conference.

The International Bureau of Telegraph Administrations was asked to prepare an official vocabulary for correspondence in conventional language.

A system of delivering telegrams to a private address by telephone was introduced.

International Telegraph Conference (Paris, 1890)

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Outcomes

Convention télégraphique internationale de St-Pétersbourg et Règlement et tarifs y annexés (Paris, 1890)

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Documents

Documents de la Conférence télégraphique internationale (Paris, 1890)

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Chair

Mr. De Selves (France)

Countries participating

List of participants

Liste des participants de la Conférence télégraphique internationale (Paris, 1890)

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Articles

"Conférence télégraphique internationale de Paris [partie I]." Journal télégraphique 14, no. 5 (1890): 93-100.	(Français)	PDF (acrobat)
"Conférence télégraphique internationale de Paris [partie II]." Journal télégraphique 14, no. 7 (1890): 155-157.	(Français)	PDF (acrobat)
"Modifications apportées au règlement de service international et aux tarifs de Berlin, par la Conférence télégraphique de Paris, 1890." Journal télégraphique 14, no. 9 (1890): 241-245.	(Français)	PDF (acrobat)
"Modifications apportées au règlement de service international et aux tarifs de Berlin, par la Conférence télégraphique de Paris, 1890 (suite)." Journal télégraphique 14, no. 10 (1890): 261-266.	(Français)	PDF (acrobat)
"Modifications apportées au règlement de service international et aux tarifs de Berlin, par la Conférence télégraphique de Paris, 1890 (suite et fin)." Journal télégraphique 14, no. 12 (1890): 309-312.	(Français)	PDF (acrobat)
"Revue de 1890." Journal télégraphique 15, no. 1 (1891): 1-3.	(Français)	PDF (acrobat)
"Conférence de Paris (1890)." Journal télégraphique 51, no. 11 (1927): 216-225.	(Français)	PDF (acrobat)

Library Catalogue

Link to the ITU Library Catalogue (Paris, 1890)

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Year	Conference Name	Acronym	Conference Type	Place
1879	International Telegraph Conference (London, 1879)		Telegraph and Telephone Conference	London
1885	International Telegraph Conference (Berlin, 1885)		Telegraph and Telephone Conference	Berlin
1890	International Telegraph Conference (Paris, 1890)		Telegraph and Telephone Conference	Paris
1896	International Telegraph Conference (Budapest, 1896)		Telegraph and Telephone Conference	Budapest
1903	International Telegraph Conference (London, 1903)		Telegraph and Telephone Conference	London
1908	International Telegraph Conference (Lisbon, 1908)		Telegraph and Telephone Conference	Lisbon
1925	International Telegraph Conference (Paris, 1925)		Telegraph and Telephone Conference	Paris
1928	International Telegraph Conference (Brussels, 1928)		Telegraph and Telephone Conference	Brussels
1938	International Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Cairo, 1938)		Telegraph and Telephone Conference	Cairo
1949	International Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Paris, 1949)		Telegraph and Telephone Conference	Paris
1958	Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Geneva, 1958)		Telegraph and Telephone Conference	Geneva
1973	World Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Geneva, 1973)	WATTC-73	Telegraph and Telephone Conference	Geneva
1988	World Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Melbourne, 1988)	WATTC-88	Telegraph and Telephone Conference	Melbourne