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International Telegraph Conference (Budapest, 1896)

16 June 1896 - 21 July 1896 - Budapest, Hungary

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.
International Telegraph Conference (Budapest, 1896)
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Outcomes

Convention télégraphique internationale de St-Pétersbourg et Règlement et tarifs y annexés (Budapest, 1896)(Français)download PDF PDF (acrobat)

Documents

Documents de la Conférence télégraphique internationale (Budapest, 1896)(Français)download PDF PDF (acrobat)

Chair

Mr. Pierre de Szalay (Hungary)

Countries participating

46

List of participants

Liste des participants de la Conférence télégraphique internationale (Budapest, 1896)(Français)download PDF PDF (acrobat)

Articles

"Conférence télégraphique internationale de Budapest [partie I]". Journal télégraphique 20, no. 6 (1896): 121-128.(Français)download PDF PDF (acrobat)
"Conférence télégraphique internationale de Budapest [partie II]". Journal télégraphique 20, no. 8 (1896): 169-173.(Français)download PDF PDF (acrobat)
"Conférence télégraphique internationale de Budapest [partie III]". Journal télégraphique 20, no. 9 (1896): 193-195.(Français)download PDF PDF (acrobat)
"Conférence télégraphique internationale de Budapest [partie IV]". Journal télégraphique 20, no. 10 (1896): 277-280.(Français)download PDF PDF (acrobat)
"Revue télégraphique de 1896." Journal télégraphique 21, no. 1 (1897): 1-5.(Français)download PDF PDF (acrobat)

Library Catalogue

Link to the ITU Library Catalogue (Budapest, 1896)(Multilingual) URL
YearConference NameAcronymConference TypePlace

1879

International Telegraph Conference (London, 1879)

Telegraph and Telephone ConferenceLondon

1885

International Telegraph Conference (Berlin, 1885)

Telegraph and Telephone ConferenceBerlin

1890

International Telegraph Conference (Paris, 1890)

Telegraph and Telephone ConferenceParis

1896

International Telegraph Conference (Budapest, 1896)

Telegraph and Telephone ConferenceBudapest

1903

International Telegraph Conference (London, 1903)

Telegraph and Telephone ConferenceLondon

1908

International Telegraph Conference (Lisbon, 1908)

Telegraph and Telephone ConferenceLisbon

1925

International Telegraph Conference (Paris, 1925)

Telegraph and Telephone ConferenceParis

1928

International Telegraph Conference (Brussels, 1928)

Telegraph and Telephone ConferenceBrussels

1938

International Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Cairo, 1938)

Telegraph and Telephone ConferenceCairo

1949

International Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Paris, 1949)

Telegraph and Telephone ConferenceParis

1958

Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Geneva, 1958)

Telegraph and Telephone ConferenceGeneva

1973

World Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Geneva, 1973)

WATTC-73Telegraph and Telephone ConferenceGeneva

1988

World Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (Melbourne, 1988)

WATTC-88Telegraph and Telephone ConferenceMelbourne