Östen Mäkitalo, Swedish engineer and academic (born 1938)

Östen Mäkitalo

Swedish electrical engineer (1938–2011)

Östen Mäkitalo was a Swedish electrical engineer. He is considered to be one of the most important developers in modern times together with Laila Ohlgren, both engineers at Telia. Together they developed the Nordic Mobile Telephone (NMT) system and were the leading figures,…