Difference between revisions of "Timeline of telephony in Sweden"

Revision as of 20:07, 26 October 2017

This is a timeline of telephony in Sweden.

Time period	Development summary	More details

Year	Event type	Details
1911		Wireless telegraphy to shipping in the North Sea is provided by the Swedish Telegraph Administration’s first coastal radio station in Gothenburg.^[1]
1918		The Swedish Telegraph Administration acquires the Stockholmstelefon’s network. A merger of the two large telephone networks in Stockholm takes place. A national de facto monopoly on telephone service is established.^[1]
1987		The European Commission issues a "green paper", establishing the need for a long-term modernization of the European telecom market.^[2]
1993		Televerket becomes Telia AB.^[2]
2000		After a failed merger with the Norwegian telecom operator Telenor, almost 30% of the Swedish state´s Telia shares are sold on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.

The initial version of the timeline was written by User:Sebastian.

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "1880 – 1920 Manual telephony". teliacompanyhistory.com. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Liberalization of the telephony markets". teliacompanyhistory.com. Retrieved 27 October 2017.

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