R. I. P. Östen Mäkitalo

The man behind the world as we know it

16 June 2011
Östen Mäkitalo, one of the pioneers of mobile telephony is dead. He is seen as the father of the NMT system and considered one of the most important inventors of the mobile phone.

In Sweden, the NMT network was recently closed down. However, the infrastructure is now used by Net1, promising telephone and internet coverage in virtually the entire country.

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