Origin: Denmark
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When I started to work in ATEA's PABX department, our first important customer was the "Jutland Telephone Company" of Denmark.
We delivered them the GTD-120 PABX, the first digital PABX on the European market. This system was designed by GTE Automatic Electric in Chicago, Illinois, but was adapted to European requirements by ATEA.
One of the customer requirements was that the PABX had to work with their standard phone, so we obtained a few phones for testing purposes. I immediatly loved the revolutionary styling of this phone, and could get one on my desk.
This phone had some features, which were unusual in 1978:
Also the Danish authorities consider this as an important step in the evolution
On http://mini.ptt-museum.dk/telefonmuseet/uk/page0032.html we find:
"In the picture you can see a telephone that has given
Denmark big international attention and recognition. This was due to the
industrial designer Jacob Jensen who is also the person behind the design of
Bang & Olufsen's famous radio and TV products.
In 1972 Jutland Telephone Company Ltd. (Jydsk Telefon) began the development of
this telephone. They did not base the development on earlier technology or
models, as the electronics now was to replace the former electromechanical
parts.
For example there is no longer a bell in the telephone, it has been replaced by
a so-called electronic tone ringer whose sound is reproduced by a loudspeaker.
Under your conversation the loudspeaker can be used as well, that means that
others in the room can listen too."
Additional information from André De Vleeschouwer:
Last changed on 29/05/11 by Jan