24/8 30 Years of NATEL
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Image: Swisscom
Kulturplatz (see Video) talked about the NATEL, the swiss name for mobile phone (still in usage today), which exists since 1975 and was launched by the PTT, today's Swiss Post then still together with Swisscom. The word NAtel stands for "Nationales Autotelefonnetz", meaning "national automobile telephone network". Even in 1985 a NATEL weighed still around 12 kilo, so it was only by car you could transport it.
Thomas Hengartner, Professor for Ethnology, talked about the cultural and social changes which came with the mass adoption of mobile phones.



