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Telecommunications supplier and Post Office records

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Kind company records or reports
Producer Post Office; STC; TMSA; Altron
Coverage 1960s-1984
Works using it 1

Debates

Debate Works
Industrialisation, protection and industrial structure 1

Works using this source

Work As cited Period How used
Kaplan (1989) Altron Group Public Relations Department, 'Standard Telephones and Cables - the first 60 years' brochure (1984) 1950-1984 Documents the small STC assembly operation (eight employees) in 1950.
Kaplan (1989) Company annual reports of the supplier firms 1960s Together with interviews, documents the range of components manufactured locally from the mid-1960s.
Kaplan (1989) South African Post Office correspondence (team recommendation on hybrid vs digital systems) 1977 Shows the Post Office team's reasoning in recommending a fully digital system rather than another hybrid.
Kaplan (1989) Telephone Manufactures of South Africa correspondence 1977-1979 Documents why TM could not agree licence terms with CIT-Alcatel over control of the firm.