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| 1900 || || {{w|Lars Magnus Ericsson}} retires as president and is succeeded by Axel Boström, his former office manager.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson - Company Profile, Information, Business Description, History, Background Information on Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Read more: http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/7/Telefonaktiebolaget-LM-Ericsson.html#ixzz5JUz8SfhO"/> | | 1900 || || {{w|Lars Magnus Ericsson}} retires as president and is succeeded by Axel Boström, his former office manager.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson - Company Profile, Information, Business Description, History, Background Information on Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Read more: http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/7/Telefonaktiebolaget-LM-Ericsson.html#ixzz5JUz8SfhO"/> | ||
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| + | | 1901 || || [[w:Lars Magnus Ericsson|Ericsson]] retires as chairman.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson - Company Profile, Information, Business Description, History, Background Information on Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Read more: http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/7/Telefonaktiebolaget-LM-Ericsson.html#ixzz5JUz8SfhO"/> | ||
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| 1900 || || "1000 employees globally, SEK 4 million in sales and 50,000 telephones produced"<ref name="Corporate story"/> | | 1900 || || "1000 employees globally, SEK 4 million in sales and 50,000 telephones produced"<ref name="Corporate story"/> | ||
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| 1923 || || "First automatic 500-point switches in service" <ref name="Corporate story"/> | | 1923 || || "First automatic 500-point switches in service" <ref name="Corporate story"/> | ||
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| + | | 1926 || || {{w|Lars Magnus Ericsson}} dies.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson - Company Profile, Information, Business Description, History, Background Information on Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Read more: http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/7/Telefonaktiebolaget-LM-Ericsson.html#ixzz5JUz8SfhO"/> | ||
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| 1946 || || "Foundation for research into television established"<ref name="Corporate story"/> | | 1946 || || "Foundation for research into television established"<ref name="Corporate story"/> | ||
Revision as of 19:51, 25 June 2018
This is a timeline of FIXME.
Contents
Big picture
| Time period | Development summary |
|---|---|
| LM Ericsson's export business expands in the 1880s, and explodes in the 1890s.[1] | |
| 1960s | Ericsson releases one of the first handsfree speaker phones.[2] |
Full timeline
| Year | Event type | Details | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1876 | "Lars Magnus Ericsson opens telegraph repair workshop"[3] | |||||
| 1877 | The newly invented telephone reaches Sweden.[1] | |||||
| 1878 | L.M. Ericsson begins producing telephone equipment.[2] | |||||
| 1881 | "First major contracts won in Norway, Russia and Sweden"[3] | |||||
| 1896 | Ericsson incorporates as Aktiebolaget LM Ericsson & Company, with Ericsson serving as chairman, president, and sole shareholder.[1] | |||||
| 1897 | Britain accounts for 28% of L.M. Ericsson’s sales.[2] | |||||
| 1899 | LM Ericsson opens its first foreign factory, in Saint Petersburg, Russia.[1] | |||||
| 1900 | Exports account for about 90 percent of LME's total sales. Contraction of demand in the domestic market and rapidly expanding foreign markets are partly responsible for this dominance of exports.[1] | |||||
| 1900 | Lars Magnus Ericsson retires as president and is succeeded by Axel Boström, his former office manager.[1] | |||||
| 1901 | Ericsson retires as chairman.[1] | 1900 | "1000 employees globally, SEK 4 million in sales and 50,000 telephones produced"[3] | |||
| 1902 | "Sales office opens in US"[3] | |||||
| 1903 | Ericssons set up a joint venture company with the National Telephone Company to produce telephones at Beeston for sales to Britain and its colonies.[2] | |||||
| 1905 | "First acquisition made in Mexico"[3] | |||||
| 1908 | Ericsson acquires Deckert & Homolka in Vienna.[2] | |||||
| 1911 | Ericsson acquires S.I.T. in France.[2] | |||||
| 1912 | Ericsson acquires a factory in Budapest.[2] | |||||
| 1923 | "First automatic 500-point switches in service" [3] | |||||
| 1926 | Lars Magnus Ericsson dies.[1] | |||||
| 1946 | "Foundation for research into television established"[3] | |||||
| 1950 | "LM Ericsson telephone exchange supports world's first international call"[3] | |||||
| 1956 | Ericsson releases the Ericofon.[2] | |||||
| 1977 | "First digital telephone exchange (AXE) installed"[3] | |||||
| 1988 | "First GSM system order from Vodafone, UK"[3] | |||||
| 1991 | "AXE lines exceed 105 million in 11 countries, serving 34 million subscribers"[3] | |||||
| 2000 | "Ericsson becomes world's leading supplier of 3G mobile systems"[3] | |||||
| 2001 | "Ericsson conducts the first 3G call for Vodafone, UK"[3] | |||||
| 2005 | "Ericsson wins biggest contracts to date to manage operator 3's networks in Italy and the UK"[3] | |||||
| 2008 | "Research center established in Silicon Valley, USA"[3] | |||||
| 2009 | "Verizon and Ericsson collaborate to carry out first data call on 4G network"[3] | |||||
| 2011 | "Ericsson completes the acquisition of Telcordia"[3] | |||||
| 2012 | "Ericsson completes the acquisition of BelAir"[3] | |||||
| 2015 | Ericsson employs a total of 118,055 people.[4] |
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See also
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson - Company Profile, Information, Business Description, History, Background Information on Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Read more: http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/7/Telefonaktiebolaget-LM-Ericsson.html#ixzz5JUz8SfhO". referenceforbusiness.com. Retrieved 26 June 2018. External link in
|title=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 "A Brief History of L M Ericssons". telephonecollecting.org. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 "Corporate story". ericsson.com. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- ↑ "Ericsson SuccessStory". successstory.com. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
