Plans by Oslo Telephone Administration in connection with the Ⅵ Olympic Winter Games, Oslo 1952

摘要

In 1947 it was decided that Oslo was to host the Ⅵ Olympic Winter Games. To prepare for this occasion, Oslo Telephone Administration (OTA) sent representatives to St. Moritz to study the telecommunication requirements for the Olympic Winter Games in 1948, mainly to study the telephone and cable requirements for press, broadcasting, competitors and Games management. The local conditions in St. Moritz differed on essential points from the conditions in Oslo. Especially, in St. Moritz the location of sports venues, accommodation facilities for the press, broadcasting and athletes were very compressed. Still, a number of telecommunication problems were relevant and worth studying. OTA had experience from many large summer and winter sports events, but not one with so many simultaneous events during a short period of time. At the outset it was realised that the arrangement would put a heavy strain on the Norwegian Telecommunications Administration (NTA) due to scarcity of cables and other important material after the war.