The Telephone Transfer Act 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 26) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which nationalised the telephone companies.
The National Telephone Company had become a monopoly and so the Liberal government decided to take it into public hands.
See also
References
- "The Telephone Transfer Act 1911". Halsbury's Statutes of England. Third Edition. Butterworths. London. 1971. Volume 35. Page 68.
- W H Aggs. "Telephone Transfer Act, 1911". Chitty's Statutes of Practical Utility. Sixth Edition. 1914. Volume 17. Title "Telegraph". Page 366.
- W de Bracy Herbert (ed). The Practical Statutes of the Session 1911. Horace Cox. London. 1912.