Pre 1900, the company, AS Telefonkioskene, enjoyed a monopoly in supplying telephone booth services to Oslo. This was a cooperation between Oslo Telefonanlegg (OTA) and Narvesen Ki ...
Pre 1900, the company, AS Telefonkioskene, enjoyed a monopoly in supplying telephone booth services to Oslo. This was a cooperation between Oslo Telefonanlegg (OTA) and Narvesen Kioskkompani (A business running kiosks and newsstands). The agreement was that OTA would rent a space in Narvesen’s newsstands. When the contract expired on the 1 December 1935, Oslo Telefonanlegg took over the running of 57 telephone booths in 28 Narvesen kiosks. At the same time the telephone fee dropped from 15 øre to 10 øre. The telephone booths stayed on in the newsstands even when the agreement came to a close. As late as in 1939 there were still 54 of them in use. The harbour area was not included in the contract, so the first of the red telephone booths was installed in the quay dedicated to the great America liners in 1933.
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Narvesens aviskiosk i krysset Karl Johans gate og Rosenkrantzgate, Studenterlunden i Oslo.
Før 1900 hadde selskapet AS Telefonkioskene enerett på drift av telefonkiosker i Oslo. Dette var et samarbeid mellom Oslo telefonanlegg og Narvesen Kioskkompani. Avtalen gikk ut på at OTA leide plass i Narvesens aviskiosker. Da avtalen løp ut, 1. januar 1935, overtok OTA driften av 57 telefonautomater i 28 aviskiosker. Samtidig gikk avgiften ned fra 15 øre til 10 øre. Da avtalen opphørte og de røde telefonkioskene var kommet, fortsatte likevel driften i aviskioskene. Så sent som i 1939 var 54 av denne kiosktypen i bruk i Oslo. Avtalen inkluderte ikke havneområdet, og derfor kom den første røde telefonkiosken på Amerikalinjens kai i 1933.
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