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| 1881 || || "First major contracts won in Norway, Russia and Sweden"<ref name="Corporate story"/> | | 1881 || || "First major contracts won in Norway, Russia and Sweden"<ref name="Corporate story"/> | ||
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| − | | 1896 || || Ericsson incorporates as Aktiebolaget LM Ericsson & Company, with Ericsson serving as chairman, president, and sole shareholder.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> At the time of incorporation, the company becomes a major enterprise with more than 500 employees, having produced over 100,000 telephones.<ref name="Shaping history">{{cite web |title=Shaping history |url=https://www.ericsson.com/en/about-us/history/shaping-history |website=ericsson.com |accessdate=26 June 2018}}</ref> | + | | 1883 || || "Telephone service provider Stockholms Allmä-a Telefonaktiebolag (SAT) is created and buys its equipment from LM Ericsson."<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> |
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| + | | 1896 || || Ericsson incorporates as Aktiebolaget LM Ericsson & Company, with Ericsson serving as chairman, president, and sole shareholder.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> At the time of incorporation, the company becomes a major enterprise with more than 500 employees, having produced over 100,000 telephones.<ref name="Shaping history">{{cite web |title=Shaping history |url=https://www.ericsson.com/en/about-us/history/shaping-history |website=ericsson.com |accessdate=26 June 2018}}</ref><ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> | ||
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| 1897 || || Britain accounts for 28% of L.M. Ericsson’s sales.<ref name="A Brief History of L M Ericssons"/> | | 1897 || || Britain accounts for 28% of L.M. Ericsson’s sales.<ref name="A Brief History of L M Ericssons"/> | ||
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| − | | 1899 || || LM Ericsson opens its first foreign factory, in {{w|Saint Petersburg}}, {{w|Russia}}.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> | + | | 1899 || || LM Ericsson opens its first foreign factory, in {{w|Saint Petersburg}}, {{w|Russia}}.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/><ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> |
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| 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.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> | | 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.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> | ||
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| 1901 || || [[w:Lars Magnus Ericsson|Ericsson]] retires as chairman.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> | | 1901 || || [[w:Lars Magnus Ericsson|Ericsson]] retires as chairman.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> | ||
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| + | | 1901 || || Ericsson acquires Stockholms Allmä-a Telefonaktiebolag (SAT)'s manufacturing operations.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> | ||
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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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| 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.<ref name="A Brief History of L M Ericssons"/> | | 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.<ref name="A Brief History of L M Ericssons"/> | ||
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| − | | 1905 || || "First acquisition made in Mexico"<ref name="Corporate story"/> | + | | 1905 || Acquisition || "First acquisition made in Mexico"<ref name="Corporate story"/> |
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| − | | 1908 || || Ericsson acquires Deckert & Homolka in Vienna.<ref name="A Brief History of L M Ericssons"/> | + | | 1908 || Acquisition || Ericsson acquires Deckert & Homolka in Vienna.<ref name="A Brief History of L M Ericssons"/> |
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| − | | 1911 || || Ericsson acquires S.I.T. in France.<ref name="A Brief History of L M Ericssons"/> | + | | 1911 || Acquisition || Ericsson acquires S.I.T. in France.<ref name="A Brief History of L M Ericssons"/> |
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| − | | 1912 || || Ericsson acquires a factory in Budapest.<ref name="A Brief History of L M Ericssons"/> | + | | 1912 || Acquisition || Ericsson acquires a factory in Budapest.<ref name="A Brief History of L M Ericssons"/> |
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| + | | 1918 || || Ericsson merges with SAT to form Allmä-a Telefonaktiebolaget L.M. Ericsson.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> | ||
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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"/> | + | | 1926 || Notable death || {{w|Lars Magnus Ericsson}} dies.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> |
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| + | | 1926 || || The firm officially adopts the name Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> | ||
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| + | | 1931 || || "Ivar Kreuger proposes to sell a controlling interest in Ericsson to competitor ITT."<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> | ||
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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 08:18, 26 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 starts a workshop to repair telegraph instruments and undertake small mechanical engineering jobs.[3][4] | |
| 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] | |
| 1883 | "Telephone service provider Stockholms Allmä-a Telefonaktiebolag (SAT) is created and buys its equipment from LM Ericsson."[1] | |
| 1896 | Ericsson incorporates as Aktiebolaget LM Ericsson & Company, with Ericsson serving as chairman, president, and sole shareholder.[1] At the time of incorporation, the company becomes a major enterprise with more than 500 employees, having produced over 100,000 telephones.[4][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][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] | |
| 1901 | Ericsson acquires Stockholms Allmä-a Telefonaktiebolag (SAT)'s manufacturing operations.[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 | Acquisition | "First acquisition made in Mexico"[3] |
| 1908 | Acquisition | Ericsson acquires Deckert & Homolka in Vienna.[2] |
| 1911 | Acquisition | Ericsson acquires S.I.T. in France.[2] |
| 1912 | Acquisition | Ericsson acquires a factory in Budapest.[2] |
| 1918 | Ericsson merges with SAT to form Allmä-a Telefonaktiebolaget L.M. Ericsson.[1] | |
| 1923 | "First automatic 500-point switches in service" [3] | |
| 1926 | Notable death | Lars Magnus Ericsson dies.[1] |
| 1926 | The firm officially adopts the name Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson.[1] | |
| 1931 | "Ivar Kreuger proposes to sell a controlling interest in Ericsson to competitor ITT."[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.[5] |
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See also
External links
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 "Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson - Company Profile, Information, Business Description, History, Background Information". referenceforbusiness.com. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Shaping history". ericsson.com. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
- ↑ "Ericsson SuccessStory". successstory.com. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
