Unusual Logo On Ericsson?

[Fabius]

In my very limited experience with Ericsson phones I have not seen this mark. What is it?

http://tinyurl.com/pfx8rrk

[dsk]

Not sure if you get your answer here, but look at this thread: http://tinyurl.com/kyulmaz

dsk

[LarryInMichigan]

That is the Dutch Standard Electric logo which appears on Dutch PTT phones made by Standard.

Larry

[Matilo Telephones]

Quite. It is not an Ericsson at all. :-)

NSEM Type 1954

Nederlandse Standard Electric Maatschappij.

In short Standard Electric was the overseas part of Western Electric. It was taken over by ITT in the 20´s. The Bell logo still shows it´s origins.

By the way, this model was based on the Western Electric 302 and the handset is copy of the F1.

[Fabius]

Thanks for the info. But why do they use a bell? Any connection to the Bell in Belgium operation?

[unbeldi]

International Standard Electric was incorporated in 1918 as International Western Electric Company, and was an AT&T subsidiary. AT&T once was Bell Telephone. They had independently operating subsidiaries in many countries. For example, the branch in Anvers, Belgium was Bell Telephone Manufacturing Co. (BTMC).
So the Bell logo and metaphor was permeated through all these early companies.

[Matilo Telephones]

Both BTMC and NSEM predate 1918.

BTMC was founded by the ABTC and the city of Antwerp and some private investors late 19th century. NSEM was formed under the name Ingenieursbureau voor Nederland en de Koloniën as a subsiduary of BTMC.

During the German occupation it came under the control of the German Standard Electrik Gesellschaft and was reformed under the name NSEM in 1940.