Televerket (Sweden)
Televerket was a
History
19th Century
Kongliga Elektriska Telegraf-Werket was founded in 1853 when the first electric telegraph line was established between Stockholm and Uppsala, and was the government agency for telegraph services. From 1871 the company was known as Kongl. Telegrafverket. The first telephone network in Sweden opened in 1880, as a result of an initiative by former Telegrafverket employees.[1] As telecommunication technology changed, Telegrafverket expanded to include telephone services, but entered the early telephone industry in Sweden as a latecomer. Through securing a national monopoly on long distance telephone lines, it was able with time to control and take over the local networks of quickly growing private telephone companies. Its network, branded Rikstelefon, was supplied with telephones produced by Swedish telephone manufacturers Ericsson.[2]
20th Century
While the telecommunications industry in Sweden has always been ostensibly open, Telegrafverket effectively monopolised the market with its purchase of the telephone company Stockholms Allmänna in 1918. When Telegrafverket was renamed Televerket in 1953, the parent company and its subsidiaries had a de facto national monopoly because no other companies had the financial or technical resources to compete.[3] Televerket also pioneered mobile telephony in Sweden; it launched Sweden's first manual radiotelephone service, MTA (Mobiltelefonisystem A) in 1956, which was later succeeded by MTB (1962–1983) and MTD (1971–1987). On 1 October 1981, Televerket launched the first fully automatic (1G) mobile phone network in the world, called Nordic Mobile Telephone (NMT), which eventually superseded the manual MTA, MTB and MTD networks.
From 1980 onwards Televerket's de facto monopoly was eroded with increasing government
In accordance with the deregulation decision of the
.Televerket in the 21st Century
Telegrafverket and Televerket telephones remain highly collectible, and there is now a market for reconditioned phones that can connect to modern networks. Telia has since merged with the
Some Standard Televerket Phones
Company Director Generals
- Carl Akrell, 1853-1862
- Pehr Brändström, 1862-1874
- Daniel Nordlander, 1874-1890
- Erik Storckenfeldt, 1890-1902
- Mauritz Sahlin, 1902-1904
- Arvid Lindman, 1904-1907
- Herman Rydin, 1907-1927
- Adolf Hamilton, 1928-1938
- Helge Ericson, 1939-1942
- Håkan Sterky, 1942-1965
- Bertil Bjurel, 1966-1977
- Tony Hagström, 1977-1993
See also
References
- ^ Tahvanainen, K.H. "Sweden's First Telephone Company". Centre for Business History, Stockholm and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
- ^ Paul (2002). "Ericsson Rikstelefon Eiffel Tower Telephone". Sidey Angus Graphics. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
- ^ a b Loos, R. "Swedish Telecom: Information and Much More from Answers.com". Answers.com. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
- ^ "Teli Compact - It's so Last Century". It's so Last Century. 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
External links
- Telia
- TeliaSonera
- The Swedish Televerket's logotype (quite large file-size)