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300 000 yuppies? : Mobile telephones in Finland

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  • Roos, J. P.

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Surprisingly, the Nordic countries are very clearly in the lead in the development of mobile telephones. Several explanations are possible - economic, technical, geographic or political - but none pinpoints what is unique about the Nordic countries. A combination of state legitimacy derived from the welfare state, service-oriented monopolies and some accidental historical reasons are proposed as an additional explanation. The story of mobile telephones in Finland is presented, together with a profile of users, based on an open question survey. This shows that the popularity of mobile telephones is based on two quite different reasons: perfect reachability (which implies that a call can be made from anywhere, and the receiver is always there, immobile from the point of view of the caller) and a perceived (although quite fallacious) immediate intimacy.

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  • Roos, J. P., 1993. "300 000 yuppies? : Mobile telephones in Finland," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 17(6), pages 446-458, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:telpol:v:17:y:1993:i:6:p:446-458
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