Worldwide use of telegrams by country

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This is a list of telegram services by country.

CountryService availableYear service endedComments
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Yes Algérie Poste offers electronic telegram services under the name Barki@tic.
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Yes Correo Argentino still offers telegram service within Argentina and to international destinations.
Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba Yes Post Aruba still offers telegram service.
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia No2011 Australia Post closed its telegram service on 7 March 2011.
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Yestelegramm.at offers telegram service.
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan YesTelegrams can be sent at offices of Azərpoçt.
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain Yes Batelco still offers telegram service. Telegrams are sent for deaths or important occasions as they are thought to be more formal than email or fax, but less so than a letter.
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Yes Beltelecom offers a service for the transmission of telegrams within the country and around the world. "Ordinary" and "urgent", "certified" and "government" telegrams can be sent to any address in Belarus and other countries. [1] There is also a service for sending Lux (=LX) (on a greeting card) and Deluxe (=LXDEUIL) (funeral card) telegrams to Belarus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Poland, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. Telegrams in Belarus are delivered within 2–24 hours.
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium No2017 Proximus discontinued telegram service on 29 December 2017. [2] It sent 63,000 telegrams in 2010, [3] which declined to 8,000 in 2017.
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Yes Hrvatska pošta Mostar, BH Pošta, and Pošte Srpske offer telegram services.
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Yes Correios still offers telegram service, only within the country. Telegrams can be sent from any post office, by telephone and by the Internet. [4]
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria No2005 Vivacom stopped offering deliverance of telegrams in 2005, although Bulgarian Posts since 2006 offers "Telemail", which allows the sending of short text messages, graphic documents, and hand-written messages to a fax or teletype machine on Vivacom's network.
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada YesTelegrams Canada still offers telegram service. AT&T Canada (previously CNCP Telecommunications) had discontinued its telegram service in 2001 and later became MTS Allstream.
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Yes China Telecom and China Unicom still offers public telegram sending to Beijing, Shanghai, Hebei, Liaoning, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shandong, Guangdong, Hainan and Guangxi as of 2020. When destination is within 5 km range of city centre in the above area, telegrams are delivered within 24 hours.[ citation needed ]
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia YesAs of 2015, 4-72 still offered telegram service.
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica Yes Correos de Costa Rica still offers telegram service.
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Yes Hrvatska pošta still offers telegram service. Telegrams may be sent via the Internet, telephone or fax, and are optionally deliverable by telephone or fax. Illustrated and musical telegrams are available for special occasions. [5]
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Yes Correos de Cuba still offers telegram service.
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic No2010 Česká pošta discontinued the service in 2010, because it was too expensive to maintain and only 756 telegrams were sent in 2009. [6]
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia No2012 Eesti Post discontinued the telegram service in 2012. [7]
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland No2001 Suomen Posti discontinued its international telegram service in January 2001. One can still send domestic messages that look like old-fashioned telegrams but are delivered as ordinary mail or e-mail.
Flag of France.svg  France No2018 Orange S.A. closed its telegram service on 30 April 2018.
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany No2022 Deutsche Post offered telegram service until 31 December 2022, delivering telegrams the next day as ordinary mail. Deutsche Telekom discontinued service to foreign countries on 31 December 2000. [8] [9]
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary No2021 Magyar Posta closed its telegram service on 29 April 2021 [10]
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece No2019 OTE, the former state owned telecommunications provider closed the telegram service in March 2019.
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland No2018 Íslandspóstur discontinued its telegram service on 1 October 2018. The first telegram in Iceland was sent in 1906 to Seyðisfjörður from the Faroe Islands. [11]
Flag of India.svg  India No2013 BSNL discontinued telegram service on 15 July 2013. [12] Telegrams to foreign countries had been discontinued in May 2013. [13]
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia No2010 Pos Indonesia discontinued telegram service in 2010. [14]
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Yes Telecommunication Infrastructure Company of I.R.Iran still offers telegram service. [15]
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland No2002 Eircom discontinued telegram service on 30 July 2002. [16]
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Yes Israel Postal Company still offers telegram service. Telegrams may be sent via the Internet or by a telephone operator. Illustrated telegrams are available for special occasions. [17]
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Yes Poste Italiane still offers telegram service. Around 12.5 million telegrams are sent annually. [18]
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Yes NTT and KDDI still offer telegram service. Telegrams are used mainly for special occasions such as weddings, funerals, graduations, etc. [19] Local offices offer telegrams printed on special decorated paper and envelopes.
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan Yes Jordan Post Company still offers telegram service.
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait YesThe Ministry of Communications maintains a local and international telegram service. A form must be filled out, and along with a copy of one's civil ID, must be delivered in person.
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania No2007 Teo LT discontinued telegram service on 15 October 2007. [20]
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Yes Latvijas pasts offers telegram service transmitted with a special computer network between post offices.
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia No2012 Telekom Malaysia discontinued telegram service on 1 July 2012. [21]
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius Yes Mauritius Post maintains a domestic telegram service.
Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar YesAs of 2014, MPT still offers a domestic telegram service.
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Yes Telmex still offers telegram service as a low-cost service for people who cannot afford or do not have access to e-mail, under the name of 'telegraficos telegrama'. [22]
Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco YesThe Monaco Post Office still offers telegram service according the website of the Monaco Public Service.
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro Yes Pošta Crne Gore still offers telegram service.
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal No2009 Nepal Telecom discontinued telegram service on 1 January 2009. [23]
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Yes KPN sold its telegram service to the Swiss-based company Unitel Telegram Services in 2001.
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand No2003-2023 New Zealand Post discontinued telegram service in 1999. It later reinstated the service in 2003 for use only by business customers, primarily for debt collection or other important business notices.[ citation needed ] Sometime between 2003 and 2023 this service was likely discontinued as the post office makes no mention of the service as of 2023.
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama Yes Correos Panamá still offers telegram service.
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan No2006 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd discontinued telegram service on 27 January 2006. [24]
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines No2013The government's Telecommunications Office or Tanggapan ng Telekomunikasyon discontinued telegram service on 20 September 2013. The last telegram was sent on that day at 3:15 PM. [25]
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Yes telegramy.pl offers an online telegram service, delivering telegrams the next day as ordinary mail. Poczta Polska closed its telegram service on 1 October 2018.
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Yes CTT Correios de Portugal, S.A. and Altice Portugal still offer telegram services in continental Portugal, the Azores, and Madeira. Normal telegrams are delivered the next day, and urgent telegrams are delivered the same day if handed in before 3pm. [26]
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania No2004 Poșta Română discontinued its telegram service in 2004 replacing it with a e-Post service.
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Yes Central Telegraph (subsidiary of national operator Rostelecom) still offers telegram service. "Regular" or "Urgent" telegrams can be sent to any address in Russia and other countries. So called "Stylish" telegrams printed on artistic postcards are also available.
Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino Yes Poste San Marino offers telegram service.
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Yes JP Pošta Srbije Beograd, the state-owned post, still offers telegram service. It is commonly used to express condolences, official notifications of death or to congratulate anniversaries, births, graduations, etc. Telegrams may be sent by using a special telephone number or directly at the post office. Telegrams are delivered on the same day for recipients in territories covered by post offices with telegram delivery service and are delivered as regular mail for post offices which do not have telegram delivery service. In internal traffic, the length of messages is limited to 800 characters and is charged at a flat rate while in international traffic telegrams are charged by the word. International delivery is possible for recipients in Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and North Macedonia. [27] [28]
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia No2007The Slovak Post discontinued telegram service on 1 January 2007.
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Yes Pošta Slovenije d.o.o. (Slovenian Post) still provides telegram service commonly used for special occasions such as births, anniversaries, condolences, graduations, etc. It is considered more formal than email or SMS. Telegrams are usually printed in a typewriter font on greeting or condolences cards delivered in a specific yellow envelope. It is also possible to send gifts (e.g. chocolates, wine, plush toys, flowers) together with a message. The telegrams can be sent from local post offices, over the phone or online to addresses in Slovenia only. [29]
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa YesE-tel Express and Network telex offer e-telegram service.
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea No2023 KT Corporation ended their telegram service in December 2023.
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Yes Correos, the state-owned postal service, provides telegraph service for both domestic and international destinations. SEUR (a DPD company) still offers telegram service.
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka No2013 Sri Lanka Post stopped its telegram service after 157 years on 30 September 2013, although still offers "Telemail" and "e-Telemail", where customers can deliver an urgent message at the counter or online, respectively, "which is then promptly forwarded to the destination office via direct telephone and delivered to the recipient within two hours."
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden No2002 Telia discontinued telegram service in 2002. [30]
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Yes Unitel Telegram Services took over telegram service from the national PTTs. Telegrams can still be sent to and from most countries.
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand No2008 Thailand Post discontinued telegram service on 30 April 2008, at 20.00 local time.
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Yes PTT has been providing telegram service in Turkey since 1855.
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine No2018 Ukrtelecom discontinued telegram service on 1 March 2018.
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom No1982After 1982, British Telecom maintained a telemessage service to replace telegrams. This service was sold to the Swiss-based company Unitel Telegram Services as Telegrams Online in 2003. [31] [32]
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Yes iTelegram took over telegram service from Western Union on 27 January 2006. Telegrams can be sent via the iTelegram web site or via Deskmail, a legacy Windows program. [33] [34] [35]
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay Yes Antel, the state-owned postal service, provides telegraph service for both domestic and international destinations. [36]
Flag of the Vatican City (2023-present).svg  Vatican City Yes

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