 Standardisation in the construction of a large technological system--the case of the Nordic mobile telephone systemJanne Lehenkari and Reijo Miettinen Telecommunications Policy, vol. 26, issue 3-4, 109-127 Abstract: In this paper, we analyse the standardisation and building of the Nordic mobile telephone system (NMT) as practical design work. The NMT was designed and constructed by four Nordic public telephone operators (PTTs) in the years 1969-1982. In Europe, the NMT was a significant phase in the development of mobile telecommunications both from the perspective of operators, manufacturers, and standard-setting processes. We analyse how the concept of the NMT and the system itself evolved, what kinds of critical problems were confronted, and how they were dealt within design work. We put a special emphasis on how division of labour developed among the PTTs, and how telecom manufacturers were involved in the design work. Finally, we discuss the effect of the NMT on the Nordic mobile telephone industry, and how unique the NMT system building was. Keywords: Nordic; mobile; telephone; system; (NMT); Standardisation; Specification; work; Network; collaboration; Technological; systems; Co-evolution; Activity; theory (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:telpol:v:26:y::i:3-4:p:109-127 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article Telecommunications Policy is currently edited by Erik Bohlin More articles in Telecommunications Policy from Elsevier |
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