The Nationalization of Telephony in Santa Catarina and the Limits of the Accumulation of Companhia Catarinense de Telecomunicações (COTESC)

• Autor(a) principal: Goularti Filho, Alcides
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista História Econômica & História de Empresas (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://hehe.org.br/index.php/rabphe/article/view/848

The objective of this article is to describe and analyze the trajectory ofthe nationalization of telephony in Santa Catarina and the actions and investmentsof Companhia Catarinense de Telecomunicações (COTESC) between 1965, whenthe State Telecommunications Council was created, and 1973, when COTESCwas federalized. The article begins with a brief reflection on nationalization andprivatization, in an attempt to detach them from preconceived ideologies. It then presents an overview of the telephony nationalization process in Brazil and theinitiatives of Companhia Catarinense de Telefonia (CTC) to implement a statetelephony network. The most detailed study refers to the actions and investmentscommanded by COTESC between 1969 and 1973, with an analysis of each yearof this period. Each year, the focus is on the implementation of the TelecommunicationsMaster Plan, the expansion of the Emergency Network (1st and 2nd phase) andthe Priority Urban Network. Finally, an analysis is made of the limits of theaccumulation of COTESC, whose investments began to be below what wasexpected by society, which, based on a national strategy of centralization oftelephone services, resulted in its federalization.