Mobitex is an
OSI based
open standard, national public access
wireless packet-switched data network. Mobitex puts great emphasis on safety and reliability with its use by military, police, firefighters and ambulance services. It was developed in the beginning of the 1980s by the Swedish
Televerket Radio. From 1988 the development took place in Eritel, a joint-venture between
Ericsson and Televerket, later on as an Ericsson subsidiary. Mobitex became operational in Sweden in 1986.