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Postal Experimental Institute
Budapest VI. Nagymező Street
Budapest IX. Zombor Street 2.
Budapest XI. Hungarian Scientists' Tour 1/C Infopark
Implementation of research and development tasks of the post and telecommunications sector in the fields of telecommunications economics, network planning, subscriber systems, switching technology, material testing, environmental protection, wave propagation, broadcasting, mobile telecommunications, microwave transmission, optical systems, postal traffic developments, power and cable technology, telecommunications services and product development
The Institute's outstanding researchers have also regularly taught at the Puskás Tivadar Telecommunications Technical School, the Telecommunications Technical College, and the Budapest University of Technology.
- Endre Kolossváry, the first technical deputy general manager of Magyar Posta, the first head of the Posta Experimental Station,
- Bernát Paskay, Director of the Institute, also active in international organizations
- Béla Marschalkó, the acclaimed developer and director of chemical processes
- Dezső Nagy, director of the institute 1954-1956
- Gyula Sallai, director 1984-1990
- György Békésy, founder of the acoustic school (1927-47), Nobel Prize winner (1961)
- Ivan Tomits, transmission technology
- Szilárd Ocskay, network planning
- Endre Magyari, the realization of Hungarian radio broadcasting
- Béla Marschalkó, materials testing, director (1934-53)
- Géza Mályusz, measurement technology
- Tihamér Nemes, implementation of domestic television
- Vilmos Váraljai, telegraph technology
- György Lajtha, systems engineering, network design, optical telecommunications, PKI Days
- Sebestyén Czigány, microwave communications, space communications
- Gyula Sallai, computer network design, digitalization, director (1984-1990)
- György Takács, speech synthesis equipment
- Csaba Kántor, microwave communications, space communications, computer-aided radio network design
- György Oprics, digital system designs
- Csaba Csapodi, telecommunications and communications expert
- Attila Sipos, network development plans
- Lajos Horváth, creator of the first Hungarian TV broadcasting vehicle
- Károly Ipoly, developer of new cable technology processes
- Rezső Tarján, builder of the 1950s analog computer,
- Géza Bognár, academician, internationally renowned authority on microwave transmission
Year |
Number of people |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 12 |
| 1903 | 15 |
| 1937 | 69 |
| 1942 | 78 |
| 1984 | 220 |
| 1985 | 500 |
| 1990 | 300 |
| 1991 | 320 |
| 2000 | 309 |
| 2002 | 192 |
| 2003 | 157 |
| 2004 | 152 |
Measuring instruments, data collection and processing devices that are at the forefront of the current technical level in the entire telecommunications field. As well as specially designed laboratories and measurement rooms that are also at the peak of technical level.
R&D Studies, network plans, experimental devices, preparation of sample networks, implementation of tests in the fields of telecommunications economics, network planning, subscriber systems, switching technology, material testing, environmental protection, wave propagation, broadcasting, mobile telecommunications, microwave transmission, optical systems, postal developments, power and cable technology, telecommunications services and product development.
Furthermore:
First domestic transistor carrier frequency amplifier
Institute wave propagation tests
First digital map of Hungary
State Award-winning network analyzer
First Hungarian coin-operated telephone stations
Speech research has resulted in high-quality artificial speech
Significant improvement in the protection of telecommunications networks
Establishing the foundations for domestic mobile telecommunications, fiber optic technology, broadband internet access and interactive cable television.
Internationally recognized (EURESCOM) R&D activity
Development of computerized telecommunications network design systems
Computer-aided design of wireless connections
Development of machine speech synthesis equipment
Development of automatic remote monitoring systems
Development of measurement data collection, transmission and processing equipment
Localization of digital switching technology
Development of an interactive cable television system
Localization of VoIP, WLAN, WDM, NGN and ADSL equipment
Development of postal machines and handling devices
Computer support for post office recording
Leading role in the domestic implementation of space telecommunications and satellite broadcasting
Post and Telegraph Experimental Station (PKÁ) 1891 – 1954
Postal Experimental Institute (PKI) 1954 – 1989
PKI Communications Research and Development Ltd. 1990
PKI Telecommunications Development Institute 1991 – 2006
In 2000, it moved to Infopark, a place completely designed for them (equipped with labs and measuring instruments).
PKI Development Directorate 2006 – 2009
It ceased to exist on December 31, 2009, and was merged into Magyar Telekom.
During its 118 years of existence, it has played a decisive role in the development of both domestic and international telecommunications, in its last decades in the domestic spread of computer design, and in the convergence of telecommunications and IT. Thanks to its highly professional staff, its creative, community-forming spirit lives on in domestic telecommunications and infocommunications.
Extensive publication and scientific life took place at the Institute:
PKI Science Days annually from 1955 to 2007
Active participation in the standardization work of ITU, EURESCOM, ETSI
Tódor Kármán Award for PKI in 2003
Designing Digital Networks book 1981
51 volumes of PKI bulletins published from 1959 to 2007
5 English-language PKI review volumes from 1984 to 2004University education
Contribution to scientific work at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Hungarian University of Technology.
Created: 2016.07.17. 11:49
Last modified: 2024.03.08. 17:45