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| 1876 || || Lars Magnus Ericsson starts a workshop to repair telegraph instruments and undertake small mechanical engineering jobs.<ref name="Corporate story">{{cite web |title=Corporate story |url=https://www.ericsson.com/en/about-us/history/shaping-history/corporate-story |website=ericsson.com |accessdate=25 June 2018}}</ref><ref name="Shaping history"/>  
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| 1876 || || Lars Magnus Ericsson starts a workshop to repair telegraph instruments and undertake small mechanical engineering jobs.<ref name="Corporate story">{{cite web |title=Corporate story |url=https://www.ericsson.com/en/about-us/history/shaping-history/corporate-story |website=ericsson.com |accessdate=25 June 2018}}</ref><ref name="Shaping history"/> ||
 
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| 1877 || || The newly invented telephone reaches Sweden.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson">{{cite web |title=Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson - Company Profile, Information, Business Description, History, Background Information|url=http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/7/Telefonaktiebolaget-LM-Ericsson.html |website=referenceforbusiness.com |accessdate=26 June 2018}}</ref>  
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| 1877 || || The newly invented telephone reaches Sweden.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson">{{cite web |title=Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson - Company Profile, Information, Business Description, History, Background Information|url=http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/7/Telefonaktiebolaget-LM-Ericsson.html |website=referenceforbusiness.com |accessdate=26 June 2018}}</ref> ||
 
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| 1878 || || [[w:Lars Magnus Ericsson|L.M. Ericsson]] begins producing telephone equipment,<ref name="A Brief History of L M Ericssons">{{cite web |title=A Brief History of L M Ericssons |url=http://www.telephonecollecting.org/Bobs%20phones/Pages/SwedEricsson/EricssonHistory.htm |website=telephonecollecting.org |accessdate=25 June 2018}}</ref> and introduces telephones with a simple trumpet.<ref name="Advanced Introduction to Corporate Venturing"/>
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| 1878 || || [[w:Lars Magnus Ericsson|L.M. Ericsson]] begins producing telephone equipment,<ref name="A Brief History of L M Ericssons">{{cite web |title=A Brief History of L M Ericssons |url=http://www.telephonecollecting.org/Bobs%20phones/Pages/SwedEricsson/EricssonHistory.htm |website=telephonecollecting.org |accessdate=25 June 2018}}</ref> and introduces telephones with a simple trumpet.<ref name="Advanced Introduction to Corporate Venturing"/> ||
 
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| 1881 || || Ericsson signs first major contracts in {{w|Norway}}, {{w|Russia}} and {{w|Sweden}}.<ref name="Corporate story"/><ref name="The Secret to Success">{{cite web |title=The Secret to Success |url=https://www.sserussia.org/files/working_papers/wp98-102.pdf |website=sserussia.org |accessdate=26 June 2018}}</ref>
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| 1881 || || Ericsson signs first major contracts in {{w|Norway}}, {{w|Russia}} and {{w|Sweden}}.<ref name="Corporate story"/><ref name="The Secret to Success">{{cite web |title=The Secret to Success |url=https://www.sserussia.org/files/working_papers/wp98-102.pdf |website=sserussia.org |accessdate=26 June 2018}}</ref> ||
 
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| 1883 || || "Telephone service provider Stockholms Allm&auml-a Telefonaktiebolag (SAT) is created and buys its equipment from LM Ericsson."<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/>
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| 1883 || || "Telephone service provider Stockholms Allm&auml-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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| 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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| 1896 || International expansion || Ericsson expands into South Africa and delivers its first telephone exchange in {{w|Capetown}}, followed by several orders by other cities.<ref>{{cite web |title=South Africa |url=https://www.ericsson.com/en/about-us/history/places/africa/south-africa |website=ericsson.com |accessdate=27 June 2018}}</ref>  
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| 1896 || International expansion || Ericsson expands into South Africa and delivers its first telephone exchange in {{w|Capetown}}, followed by several orders by other cities.<ref>{{cite web |title=South Africa |url=https://www.ericsson.com/en/about-us/history/places/africa/south-africa |website=ericsson.com |accessdate=27 June 2018}}</ref> ||
 
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| 1897 || || Britain accounts for 28% of L.M. Ericsson’s sales.<ref name="A Brief History of L M Ericssons"/>
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| 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"/><ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/>
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| 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"/>
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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"/> ||
 
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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"/>
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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"/> ||
 
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| 1901 || || [[w:Lars Magnus Ericsson|Ericsson]] retires as chairman.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/>
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| 1901 || || [[w:Lars Magnus Ericsson|Ericsson]] retires as chairman.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> ||
 
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| 1901 || || Ericsson acquires Stockholms Allm&auml-a Telefonaktiebolag (SAT)'s manufacturing operations.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/>
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| 1901 || || Ericsson acquires Stockholms Allm&auml-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"/>
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| 1900 || || "1000 employees globally, SEK 4 million in sales and 50,000 telephones produced"<ref name="Corporate story"/> ||
 
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| 1902 || || "Sales office opens in US"<ref name="Corporate story"/>
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| 1902 || || "Sales office opens in US"<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"/>
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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"/> ||
 
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| 1905 || International expansion || Ericsson wins a concession to operate the telephone network in {{w|Mexico City}} and outlying areas.<ref name="Corporate story"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Mexico |url=https://www.ericsson.com/en/about-us/history/places/latin-america/mexico |website=ericsson.com |accessdate=27 June 2018}}</ref>
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| 1905 || International expansion || Ericsson wins a concession to operate the telephone network in {{w|Mexico City}} and outlying areas.<ref name="Corporate story"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Mexico |url=https://www.ericsson.com/en/about-us/history/places/latin-america/mexico |website=ericsson.com |accessdate=27 June 2018}}</ref> ||
 
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| 1908 || Acquisition || Ericsson acquires Deckert & Homolka in Vienna.<ref name="A Brief History of L M Ericssons"/>
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| 1908 || Acquisition || Ericsson acquires Deckert & Homolka in Vienna.<ref name="A Brief History of L M Ericssons"/> ||
 
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| 1911 || Acquisition || Ericsson acquires S.I.T. in France.<ref name="A Brief History of L M Ericssons"/>
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| 1911 || Acquisition || Ericsson acquires S.I.T. in France.<ref name="A Brief History of L M Ericssons"/> ||
 
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| 1912 || Acquisition || Ericsson acquires a factory in Budapest.<ref name="A Brief History of L M Ericssons"/>
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| 1912 || Acquisition || Ericsson acquires a factory in Budapest.<ref name="A Brief History of L M Ericssons"/> ||
 
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| 1913 || || Ericsson begins supplying equipment for {{w|Guangzhou}}'s telephone network in {{w|China}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stockholm calling Shanghai! |url=https://www.slideshare.net/CfN_historia/stockholm-calling-shanghai |website=slideshare.net |accessdate=26 June 2018}}</ref>  
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| 1913 || || Ericsson begins supplying equipment for {{w|Guangzhou}}'s telephone network in {{w|China}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stockholm calling Shanghai! |url=https://www.slideshare.net/CfN_historia/stockholm-calling-shanghai |website=slideshare.net |accessdate=26 June 2018}}</ref> ||
 
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| 1917 || || The {{w|Bolshevik Revolution}} forces Ericsson to abandon Russia. At the time of the revolution, Ericsson had 3000 employees in Russia, with the market standing for half of Ericsson's total turnover. Absent during the Soviet era, Ericsson would return in 1994.<ref name="The Secret to Success"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Our man in Moscow |url=https://www.ericsson.com/en/about-us/history/people/adventurers/our-man-in-moscow |website=ericsson.com |accessdate=26 June 2018}}</ref>
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| 1917 || || The {{w|Bolshevik Revolution}} forces Ericsson to abandon Russia. At the time of the revolution, Ericsson had 3000 employees in Russia, with the market standing for half of Ericsson's total turnover. Absent during the Soviet era, Ericsson would return in 1994.<ref name="The Secret to Success"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Our man in Moscow |url=https://www.ericsson.com/en/about-us/history/people/adventurers/our-man-in-moscow |website=ericsson.com |accessdate=26 June 2018}}</ref> ||
 
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| 1918 || || Ericsson merges with SAT to form Allm&auml-a Telefonaktiebolaget L.M. Ericsson.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/>
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| 1918 || || Ericsson merges with SAT to form Allm&auml-a Telefonaktiebolaget L.M. Ericsson.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> ||
 
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| 1922 – 1924 || || Ericsson establishes in {{w|Spain}}. In 1924, the company opens its first factory in the country in {{w|Getafe}} ({{w|Madrid}}).<ref name="Spain">{{cite web |title=Spain |url=https://www.ericsson.com/en/about-us/history/places/europe/spain |website=ericsson.com |accessdate=27 June 2018}}</ref>
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| 1922 – 1924 || || Ericsson establishes in {{w|Spain}}. In 1924, the company opens its first factory in the country in {{w|Getafe}} ({{w|Madrid}}).<ref name="Spain">{{cite web |title=Spain |url=https://www.ericsson.com/en/about-us/history/places/europe/spain |website=ericsson.com |accessdate=27 June 2018}}</ref> ||
 
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| 1923 || || The first telephone station with the Ericsson 500-switching system in regular operation is put in service in {{w|Rotterdam}}.<ref name="Corporate story"/><ref name="The 500 switch – a workhorse">{{cite web |title=The 500 switch – a workhorse |url=https://www.ericsson.com/en/about-us/history/products/the-switches/the-500-switch--a-workhorse |website=ericsson.com |accessdate=26 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=500 switch father |url=https://www.ericsson.com/en/about-us/history/people/visionairies-and-innovators/500-switch-father |website=ericsson.com |accessdate=26 June 2018}}</ref>
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| 1923 || || The first telephone station with the Ericsson 500-switching system in regular operation is put in service in {{w|Rotterdam}}.<ref name="Corporate story"/><ref name="The 500 switch – a workhorse">{{cite web |title=The 500 switch – a workhorse |url=https://www.ericsson.com/en/about-us/history/products/the-switches/the-500-switch--a-workhorse |website=ericsson.com |accessdate=26 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=500 switch father |url=https://www.ericsson.com/en/about-us/history/people/visionairies-and-innovators/500-switch-father |website=ericsson.com |accessdate=26 June 2018}}</ref> ||
 
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| 1926 || Notable death || {{w|Lars Magnus Ericsson}} dies.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/>
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| 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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| 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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| 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"/>
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| 1946 || || "Foundation for research into television established"<ref name="Corporate story"/> ||
 
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| 1950 || || "LM Ericsson telephone exchange supports world's first international call"<ref name="Corporate story"/>
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| 1950 || || "LM Ericsson telephone exchange supports world's first international call"<ref name="Corporate story"/> ||
 
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| 1951 || || "Ericsson acquires a majority interest in North Electric Company of Ohio."<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/>
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| 1951 || || "Ericsson acquires a majority interest in North Electric Company of Ohio."<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> ||
 
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| 1956 || || Ericsson releases the Ericofon.<ref name="A Brief History of L M Ericssons"/>  
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| 1956 || || Ericsson releases the Ericofon.<ref name="A Brief History of L M Ericssons"/> ||
 
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| 1959 || || Ericsson launches Ericovox, a pyramid-shaped device containing all the speaker equipment. Completely transistorized, and power being provided via the telephone line. Ericovox features automatic voice control using amplifiers for outgoing and incoming speech, as well as regulator circuits for both amplifiers.<ref name="A revolutionary speakerphone"/>
 
| 1959 || || Ericsson launches Ericovox, a pyramid-shaped device containing all the speaker equipment. Completely transistorized, and power being provided via the telephone line. Ericovox features automatic voice control using amplifiers for outgoing and incoming speech, as well as regulator circuits for both amplifiers.<ref name="A revolutionary speakerphone"/>
 
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| 1960 || || "Wallenberg Jr. purchases ITT's stake in Ericsson"<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/>
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| 1960 || || "Wallenberg Jr. purchases ITT's stake in Ericsson"<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> ||
 
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| 1962 || Product || The {{w|Ericsson Dialog}} is introduced.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dialog – the popular choice |url=https://www.ericsson.com/en/about-us/history/products/the-telephones/dialog--the-popular-choice |website=ericsson.com |accessdate=26 June 2018}}</ref>
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| 1962 || Product || The {{w|Ericsson Dialog}} is introduced.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dialog – the popular choice |url=https://www.ericsson.com/en/about-us/history/products/the-telephones/dialog--the-popular-choice |website=ericsson.com |accessdate=26 June 2018}}</ref> ||
 
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| 1963 || || Ericsson begins selling assets in an effort to focus on its telephone businesses.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/>
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| 1963 || || Ericsson begins selling assets in an effort to focus on its telephone businesses.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> ||
 
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| 1974 || || Ericsson opens a factory in {{w|Leganés}} ({{w|Madrid}}).<ref name="Spain"/>  
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| 1974 || || Ericsson opens a factory in {{w|Leganés}} ({{w|Madrid}}).<ref name="Spain"/> ||
 
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| 1976 || || Ericsson introduces the AXE switching system.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/>
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| 1976 || || Ericsson introduces the AXE switching system.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> ||
 
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| 1977 || || "First digital telephone exchange (AXE) installed"<ref name="Corporate story"/>
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| 1977 || || "First digital telephone exchange (AXE) installed"<ref name="Corporate story"/> ||
 
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| 1978 || Product || Ericsson launches Diavox, the first mass-produced touch-tone telephone in {{w|Sweden}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Diavox 1978 |url=https://www.ericsson.com/en/about-us/history/products/the-telephones/diavox-1978 |website=ericsson.com |accessdate=27 June 2018}}</ref>
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| 1978 || Product || Ericsson launches Diavox, the first mass-produced touch-tone telephone in {{w|Sweden}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Diavox 1978 |url=https://www.ericsson.com/en/about-us/history/products/the-telephones/diavox-1978 |website=ericsson.com |accessdate=27 June 2018}}</ref> ||
 
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| 1981 || || {{w|Saudi Arabia}} becomes the first country in the world with a functioning cellular system for mobile telephony, taking into operation a system delivered by Ericsson.<ref>{{cite web |title=Breakthrough for mobile telephony |url=https://www.ericsson.com/en/about-us/history/products/mobile-telephony/breakthrough-for-mobile-telephony |website=ericsson.com |accessdate=26 June 2018}}</ref><ref name="Advanced Introduction to Corporate Venturing"/>
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| 1981 || || {{w|Saudi Arabia}} becomes the first country in the world with a functioning cellular system for mobile telephony, taking into operation a system delivered by Ericsson.<ref>{{cite web |title=Breakthrough for mobile telephony |url=https://www.ericsson.com/en/about-us/history/products/mobile-telephony/breakthrough-for-mobile-telephony |website=ericsson.com |accessdate=26 June 2018}}</ref><ref name="Advanced Introduction to Corporate Venturing"/> ||
 
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| 1985 || || Ericsson is awarded its first AXE contract from British Telecom.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/>
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| 1985 || || Ericsson is awarded its first AXE contract from British Telecom.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> ||
 
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| 1988 || || "First GSM system order from Vodafone, UK"<ref name="Corporate story"/>
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| 1988 || || "First GSM system order from Vodafone, UK"<ref name="Corporate story"/> ||
 
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| 1988 || Acquisition || {{w|Nokia}} acquires Ericsson's computer business.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/>
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| 1988 || Acquisition || {{w|Nokia}} acquires Ericsson's computer business.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> ||
 
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| 1991 || || The firt global system for mobile communication (GSM) phones is introduced.<ref name="Advanced Introduction to Corporate Venturing"/>
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| 1991 || || The firt global system for mobile communication (GSM) phones is introduced.<ref name="Advanced Introduction to Corporate Venturing"/> ||
 
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| 1991 || || "AXE lines exceed 105 million in 11 countries, serving 34 million subscribers"<ref name="Corporate story"/>
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| 1991 || || "AXE lines exceed 105 million in 11 countries, serving 34 million subscribers"<ref name="Corporate story"/> ||
 
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| 1994 || || Ericsson operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of telephone apparatus, radio communications instruments, cellular mobile phone telephone switching systems, and cables.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/>
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| 1994 || || Ericsson operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of telephone apparatus, radio communications instruments, cellular mobile phone telephone switching systems, and cables.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> ||
 
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| 1998 || || Sven-Christer Nilsson is elected president and {{w|chief executive officer}} of Ericsson.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/>
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| 1998 || || Sven-Christer Nilsson is elected president and {{w|chief executive officer}} of Ericsson.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> ||
 
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| 1999 || || Ericsson pushes for 3G and mobile internet.<ref name="Advanced Introduction to Corporate Venturing"/>
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| 1999 || || Ericsson pushes for 3G and mobile internet.<ref name="Advanced Introduction to Corporate Venturing"/> ||
 
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| 1999 || || "Ericsson and Qualcomm Inc. settle a patent dispute and Ericsson purchases the firm's wireless infrastructure business."<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/>
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| 1999 || || "Ericsson and Qualcomm Inc. settle a patent dispute and Ericsson purchases the firm's wireless infrastructure business."<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> ||
 
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| 2000 || || "Ericsson becomes world's leading supplier of 3G mobile systems"<ref name="Corporate story"/>
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| 2000 || || "Ericsson becomes world's leading supplier of 3G mobile systems"<ref name="Corporate story"/> ||
 
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| 2001 || || "Ericsson conducts the first 3G call for Vodafone, UK"<ref name="Corporate story"/>
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| 2001 || || "Ericsson conducts the first 3G call for Vodafone, UK"<ref name="Corporate story"/> ||
 
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| 2001 || || Ericsson's cell phone division merges with the major Japanese home electronics firm Sony and forms SonyEricsson Communications.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/><ref name="Sony Ericsson T610 from 2003">{{cite web |title=Sony Ericsson T610 from 2003 |url=https://www.ericsson.com/en/about-us/history/products/the-telephones/sony-ericsson-t610-from-2003 |website=ericsson.com |accessdate=26 June 2018}}</ref>
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| 2001 || || Ericsson's cell phone division merges with the major Japanese home electronics firm Sony and forms SonyEricsson Communications.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/><ref name="Sony Ericsson T610 from 2003">{{cite web |title=Sony Ericsson T610 from 2003 |url=https://www.ericsson.com/en/about-us/history/products/the-telephones/sony-ericsson-t610-from-2003 |website=ericsson.com |accessdate=26 June 2018}}</ref> ||
 
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| 2003 || || The {{w|Sony Ericsson T610}} is released. The product would be named world's best cell phone by the trade organization GSM Association.<ref name="Sony Ericsson T610 from 2003"/>
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| 2003 || || The {{w|Sony Ericsson T610}} is released. The product would be named world's best cell phone by the trade organization GSM Association.<ref name="Sony Ericsson T610 from 2003"/> ||
 
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| 2003 || || High-speed broadband (wideband code division multiple access, WDCMA) rollout starts globally.<ref name="Advanced Introduction to Corporate Venturing"/>
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| 2003 || || High-speed broadband (wideband code division multiple access, WDCMA) rollout starts globally.<ref name="Advanced Introduction to Corporate Venturing"/> ||
 
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| 2005 || || "Ericsson wins biggest contracts to date to manage operator 3's networks in Italy and the UK"<ref name="Corporate story"/>
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| 2005 || || "Ericsson wins biggest contracts to date to manage operator 3's networks in Italy and the UK"<ref name="Corporate story"/> ||
 
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| 2008 || || Ericsson establishes a research center in the Silicon Valley.<ref name="Advanced Introduction to Corporate Venturing">{{cite book |last1=Hisrich |first1=Robert D. |title=Advanced Introduction to Corporate Venturing |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=JKGoDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA17&lpg=PA17&dq=%22in+2008%22+ericsson+Research+center+established+in+Silicon+Valley&source=bl&ots=0mtDHXTaz5&sig=Lcv7L_MPgsUHww_nH5nAjTU6-pk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjv8tyTqPTbAhXCDJAKHbbPDvEQ6AEINDAC#v=onepage&q=%22in%202008%22%20ericsson%20Research%20center%20established%20in%20Silicon%20Valley&f=false}}</ref><ref name="Corporate story"/>
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| 2008 || || Ericsson establishes a research center in the Silicon Valley.<ref name="Advanced Introduction to Corporate Venturing">{{cite book |last1=Hisrich |first1=Robert D. |title=Advanced Introduction to Corporate Venturing |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=JKGoDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA17&lpg=PA17&dq=%22in+2008%22+ericsson+Research+center+established+in+Silicon+Valley&source=bl&ots=0mtDHXTaz5&sig=Lcv7L_MPgsUHww_nH5nAjTU6-pk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjv8tyTqPTbAhXCDJAKHbbPDvEQ6AEINDAC#v=onepage&q=%22in%202008%22%20ericsson%20Research%20center%20established%20in%20Silicon%20Valley&f=false}}</ref><ref name="Corporate story"/> ||
 
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| 2008 || || Ericsson pushes for 4G (Long-term evolution, LTE), the standard the company helps to form.<ref name="Advanced Introduction to Corporate Venturing"/>
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| 2008 || || Ericsson pushes for 4G (Long-term evolution, LTE), the standard the company helps to form.<ref name="Advanced Introduction to Corporate Venturing"/> ||
 
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| 2009 || || Verizon and Ericsson collaborate to carry out the first call on {{w|4G}} network.<ref name="Corporate story"/>
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| 2009 || || Verizon and Ericsson collaborate to carry out the first call on {{w|4G}} network.<ref name="Corporate story"/> ||
 
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| 2009 || || Ericsson wins the IEC InfoVision Award for fiber and backhaul solutions.<ref name="Advanced Introduction to Corporate Venturing"/>
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| 2011 || || Ericsson completes the acquisition of Telcordia.<ref name="Corporate story"/>
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| 2012 || || Ericsson acquires Canadian company BelAir Networks, which offers service provider class wireless broadband, with large-scale deployments for cellular and cable operators.<ref>{{cite web |title=BelAir Networks |url=https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/belair-networks#section-locked-marketplace |website=crunchbase.com |accessdate=27 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=BelAir 100SNE Wireless Access Point Teardown |url=https://electronics360.globalspec.com/article/3316/belair-100sne-wireless-access-point-teardown |website=electronics360.globalspec.com |accessdate=27 June 2018}}</ref><ref name="Corporate story"/>
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| 2012 || || Ericsson acquires Canadian company BelAir Networks, which offers service provider class wireless broadband, with large-scale deployments for cellular and cable operators.<ref>{{cite web |title=BelAir Networks |url=https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/belair-networks#section-locked-marketplace |website=crunchbase.com |accessdate=27 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=BelAir 100SNE Wireless Access Point Teardown |url=https://electronics360.globalspec.com/article/3316/belair-100sne-wireless-access-point-teardown |website=electronics360.globalspec.com |accessdate=27 June 2018}}</ref><ref name="Corporate story"/> ||
 
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| 2013 || || Ericsson launches the Ericsson Radio Dot System that enables mobile operators to deliver consistently high-performance voice and data coverage and capacity in the broadest range of enterprise buildings and public venues.<ref name="Advanced Introduction to Corporate Venturing"/> ||
 
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| 2015 || || Ericsson employs a total of 118,055 people.<ref name="Ericsson SuccessStory">{{cite web |title=Ericsson SuccessStory |url=https://successstory.com/companies/ericsson |website=successstory.com |accessdate=25 June 2018}}</ref>
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Revision as of 10:59, 27 June 2018

This is a timeline of Ericsson.

Big picture

Time period Development summary
LM Ericsson's export business expands in the 1880s, and explodes in the 1890s.[1]
1930s Ericsson’s first speakerphone is designed in the decade.[2]
1950s Transistor technology is introduced, and new prerequisites are created for developing a more functional speakerphone.[2]
1960s Ericsson releases one of the first handsfree speaker phones.[3]
1980s The Nordic countries become the first to start mobile telephone systems.

Full timeline

Year Event type Details Country/region
1876 Lars Magnus Ericsson starts a workshop to repair telegraph instruments and undertake small mechanical engineering jobs.[4][5]
1877 The newly invented telephone reaches Sweden.[1]
1878 L.M. Ericsson begins producing telephone equipment,[3] and introduces telephones with a simple trumpet.[6]
1881 Ericsson signs first major contracts in Norway, Russia and Sweden.[4][7]
1883 "Telephone service provider Stockholms Allm&auml-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.[5][1]
1896 International expansion Ericsson expands into South Africa and delivers its first telephone exchange in Capetown, followed by several orders by other cities.[8]
1897 Britain accounts for 28% of L.M. Ericsson’s sales.[3]
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 Allm&auml-a Telefonaktiebolag (SAT)'s manufacturing operations.[1]
1900 "1000 employees globally, SEK 4 million in sales and 50,000 telephones produced"[4]
1902 "Sales office opens in US"[4]
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.[3]
1905 International expansion Ericsson wins a concession to operate the telephone network in Mexico City and outlying areas.[4][9]
1908 Acquisition Ericsson acquires Deckert & Homolka in Vienna.[3]
1911 Acquisition Ericsson acquires S.I.T. in France.[3]
1912 Acquisition Ericsson acquires a factory in Budapest.[3]
1913 Ericsson begins supplying equipment for Guangzhou's telephone network in China.[10]
1917 The Bolshevik Revolution forces Ericsson to abandon Russia. At the time of the revolution, Ericsson had 3000 employees in Russia, with the market standing for half of Ericsson's total turnover. Absent during the Soviet era, Ericsson would return in 1994.[7][11]
1918 Ericsson merges with SAT to form Allm&auml-a Telefonaktiebolaget L.M. Ericsson.[1]
1922 – 1924 Ericsson establishes in Spain. In 1924, the company opens its first factory in the country in Getafe (Madrid).[12]
1923 The first telephone station with the Ericsson 500-switching system in regular operation is put in service in Rotterdam.[4][13][14]
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"[4]
1950 "LM Ericsson telephone exchange supports world's first international call"[4]
1951 "Ericsson acquires a majority interest in North Electric Company of Ohio."[1]
1956 Ericsson releases the Ericofon.[3]
1959 Ericsson launches Ericovox, a pyramid-shaped device containing all the speaker equipment. Completely transistorized, and power being provided via the telephone line. Ericovox features automatic voice control using amplifiers for outgoing and incoming speech, as well as regulator circuits for both amplifiers.[2]
1960 "Wallenberg Jr. purchases ITT's stake in Ericsson"[1]
1962 Product The Ericsson Dialog is introduced.[15]
1963 Ericsson begins selling assets in an effort to focus on its telephone businesses.[1]
1974 Ericsson opens a factory in Leganés (Madrid).[12]
1976 Ericsson introduces the AXE switching system.[1]
1977 "First digital telephone exchange (AXE) installed"[4]
1978 Product Ericsson launches Diavox, the first mass-produced touch-tone telephone in Sweden.[16]
1981 Saudi Arabia becomes the first country in the world with a functioning cellular system for mobile telephony, taking into operation a system delivered by Ericsson.[17][6]
1985 Ericsson is awarded its first AXE contract from British Telecom.[1]
1988 "First GSM system order from Vodafone, UK"[4]
1988 Acquisition Nokia acquires Ericsson's computer business.[1]
1991 The firt global system for mobile communication (GSM) phones is introduced.[6]
1991 "AXE lines exceed 105 million in 11 countries, serving 34 million subscribers"[4]
1994 Ericsson operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of telephone apparatus, radio communications instruments, cellular mobile phone telephone switching systems, and cables.[1]
1998 Sven-Christer Nilsson is elected president and chief executive officer of Ericsson.[1]
1999 Ericsson pushes for 3G and mobile internet.[6]
1999 "Ericsson and Qualcomm Inc. settle a patent dispute and Ericsson purchases the firm's wireless infrastructure business."[1]
2000 "Ericsson becomes world's leading supplier of 3G mobile systems"[4]
2001 "Ericsson conducts the first 3G call for Vodafone, UK"[4]
2001 Ericsson's cell phone division merges with the major Japanese home electronics firm Sony and forms SonyEricsson Communications.[1][18]
2003 The Sony Ericsson T610 is released. The product would be named world's best cell phone by the trade organization GSM Association.[18]
2003 High-speed broadband (wideband code division multiple access, WDCMA) rollout starts globally.[6]
2005 "Ericsson wins biggest contracts to date to manage operator 3's networks in Italy and the UK"[4]
2008 Ericsson establishes a research center in the Silicon Valley.[6][4]
2008 Ericsson pushes for 4G (Long-term evolution, LTE), the standard the company helps to form.[6]
2009 Verizon and Ericsson collaborate to carry out the first call on 4G network.[4]
2009 Ericsson wins the IEC InfoVision Award for fiber and backhaul solutions.[6]
2011 Ericsson completes the acquisition of Telcordia.[4]
2012 Ericsson acquires Canadian company BelAir Networks, which offers service provider class wireless broadband, with large-scale deployments for cellular and cable operators.[19][20][4]
2013 Ericsson launches the Ericsson Radio Dot System that enables mobile operators to deliver consistently high-performance voice and data coverage and capacity in the broadest range of enterprise buildings and public venues.[6]
2015 Ericsson employs a total of 118,055 people.[21]

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References

  1. ↑ 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 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 "Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson - Company Profile, Information, Business Description, History, Background Information". referenceforbusiness.com. Retrieved 26 June 2018. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "A revolutionary speakerphone". ericsson.com. Retrieved 27 June 2018. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 "A Brief History of L M Ericssons". telephonecollecting.org. Retrieved 25 June 2018. 
  4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 "Corporate story". ericsson.com. Retrieved 25 June 2018. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Shaping history". ericsson.com. Retrieved 26 June 2018. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 Hisrich, Robert D. Advanced Introduction to Corporate Venturing. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "The Secret to Success" (PDF). sserussia.org. Retrieved 26 June 2018. 
  8. ↑ "South Africa". ericsson.com. Retrieved 27 June 2018. 
  9. ↑ "Mexico". ericsson.com. Retrieved 27 June 2018. 
  10. ↑ "Stockholm calling Shanghai!". slideshare.net. Retrieved 26 June 2018. 
  11. ↑ "Our man in Moscow". ericsson.com. Retrieved 26 June 2018. 
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Spain". ericsson.com. Retrieved 27 June 2018. 
  13. ↑ "The 500 switch – a workhorse". ericsson.com. Retrieved 26 June 2018. 
  14. ↑ "500 switch father". ericsson.com. Retrieved 26 June 2018. 
  15. ↑ "Dialog – the popular choice". ericsson.com. Retrieved 26 June 2018. 
  16. ↑ "Diavox 1978". ericsson.com. Retrieved 27 June 2018. 
  17. ↑ "Breakthrough for mobile telephony". ericsson.com. Retrieved 26 June 2018. 
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Sony Ericsson T610 from 2003". ericsson.com. Retrieved 26 June 2018. 
  19. ↑ "BelAir Networks". crunchbase.com. Retrieved 27 June 2018. 
  20. ↑ "BelAir 100SNE Wireless Access Point Teardown". electronics360.globalspec.com. Retrieved 27 June 2018. 
  21. ↑ "Ericsson SuccessStory". successstory.com. Retrieved 25 June 2018. 
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