Difference between revisions of "Timeline of Ericsson"

From Timelines
Jump to: navigation, search
Line 39: Line 39:
 
| 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"/> ||
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1899 || || LM Ericsson opens its first foreign factory, in {{w|Saint Petersburg}}, {{w|Russia}}.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/><ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> ||
+
| 1899 || International expansion || LM Ericsson opens its first foreign factory, in {{w|Saint Petersburg}}, {{w|Russia}}.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/><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"/> ||
 
| 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 || || {{w|Lars Magnus Ericsson}} retires as president and is succeeded by Axel Boström, his former office manager.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> ||
+
| 1900 || Staff || {{w|Lars Magnus Ericsson}} retires as president and is succeeded by Axel Boström, his former office manager.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> ||
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1901 || || [[w:Lars Magnus Ericsson|Ericsson]] retires as chairman.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> ||
+
| 1901 || Staff || [[w:Lars Magnus Ericsson|Ericsson]] retires as chairman.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> ||
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1901 || || Ericsson acquires Stockholms Allm&auml-a Telefonaktiebolag (SAT)'s manufacturing operations.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> || {{w|Sweden}}
+
| 1901 || Acquisition || Ericsson acquires Stockholms Allm&auml-a Telefonaktiebolag (SAT)'s manufacturing operations.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> || {{w|Sweden}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1900 || || Ericsson reaches 1000 employees globally.<ref name="Corporate story"/> ||
+
| 1900 || Growth || Ericsson reaches 1000 employees globally.<ref name="Corporate story"/> ||
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1902 || || Ericsson opens sales office in the United States.<ref name="Corporate story"/> || {{w|United States}}
+
| 1902 || International expansion || Ericsson opens sales office in the United States.<ref name="Corporate story"/> || {{w|United States}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 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"/> ||
Line 63: Line 63:
 
| 1912 || Acquisition || Ericsson acquires a factory in Budapest.<ref name="A Brief History of L M Ericssons"/> || {{w|Hungary}}
 
| 1912 || Acquisition || Ericsson acquires a factory in Budapest.<ref name="A Brief History of L M Ericssons"/> || {{w|Hungary}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 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> || {{w|China}}
+
| 1913 || International expansion || 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> || {{w|China}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 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> || {{w|Russia}}
 
| 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> || {{w|Russia}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1918 || || Ericsson merges with SAT to form Allm&auml-a Telefonaktiebolaget L.M. Ericsson.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> ||
+
| 1918 || Organization || Ericsson merges with SAT to form Allm&auml-a Telefonaktiebolaget L.M. Ericsson.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> ||
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 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> || {{w|Spain}}
+
| 1922 – 1924 || International expansion || 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> || {{w|Spain}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 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> ||
 
| 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> ||
Line 75: Line 75:
 
| 1926 || Notable death || {{w|Lars Magnus Ericsson}} dies.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> ||
 
| 1926 || Notable death || {{w|Lars Magnus Ericsson}} dies.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> ||
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1926 || || The firm officially adopts the name Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> ||
+
| 1926 || Brand || The firm officially adopts the name Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> ||
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1931 || || "Ivar Kreuger proposes to sell a controlling interest in Ericsson to competitor ITT."<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> ||
 
| 1931 || || "Ivar Kreuger proposes to sell a controlling interest in Ericsson to competitor ITT."<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> ||
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1946 || || Ericsson establishes a foundation for television research.<ref name="Corporate story"/> ||
+
| 1946 || Organization || Ericsson establishes a foundation for television research.<ref name="Corporate story"/> ||
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1950 || || Ericsson's technology enables the world's first international call.<ref name="Ericsson, Inc.">{{cite web |title=Ericsson, Inc. |url=https://www.mesothelioma.com/asbestos-exposure/companies/ericsson-inc.htm |website=mesothelioma.com |accessdate=27 June 2018}}</ref><ref name="Corporate story"/> ||
+
| 1950 || Technology || Ericsson's technology enables the world's first international call.<ref name="Ericsson, Inc.">{{cite web |title=Ericsson, Inc. |url=https://www.mesothelioma.com/asbestos-exposure/companies/ericsson-inc.htm |website=mesothelioma.com |accessdate=27 June 2018}}</ref><ref name="Corporate story"/> ||
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1951 || || Ericsson acquires a majority interest in North Electric Company of Ohio.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> || {{w|United States}}
 
| 1951 || || Ericsson acquires a majority interest in North Electric Company of Ohio.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> || {{w|United States}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1956 || || Ericsson releases the Ericofon. Also known as the Cobra, it is the first single-piece telephone to be sold commercially.<ref name="A Brief History of L M Ericssons"/><ref>{{cite web |title=The Original Ericofon |url=https://blog.retroplanet.com/the-original-ericofon/ |website=blog.retroplanet.com |accessdate=28 June 2018}}</ref> ||
+
| 1956 || Product || Ericsson releases the Ericofon. Also known as the Cobra, it is the first single-piece telephone to be sold commercially.<ref name="A Brief History of L M Ericssons"/><ref>{{cite web |title=The Original Ericofon |url=https://blog.retroplanet.com/the-original-ericofon/ |website=blog.retroplanet.com |accessdate=28 June 2018}}</ref> ||
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 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 || Product || 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"/> ||
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1960 || || Swedish businessman {{w|Peter Wallenberg Jr.}} purchases [[w:ITT Inc.|ITT]]'s stake in Ericsson.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> ||
+
| 1960 || Acquisition || Swedish businessman {{w|Peter Wallenberg Jr.}} purchases [[w:ITT Inc.|ITT]]'s stake in Ericsson.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> ||
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 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> ||
 
| 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> ||
Line 95: Line 95:
 
| 1963 || || Ericsson begins selling assets in an effort to focus on its telephone businesses.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> ||
 
| 1963 || || Ericsson begins selling assets in an effort to focus on its telephone businesses.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> ||
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1974 || || Ericsson opens a factory in {{w|Leganés}} ({{w|Madrid}}).<ref name="Spain"/> ||
+
| 1974 || International expansion || Ericsson opens a factory in {{w|Leganés}} ({{w|Madrid}}).<ref name="Spain"/> ||
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1976 || || Ericsson introduces the AXE switching system.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> ||
+
| 1976 || Technology || Ericsson introduces the AXE switching system.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> ||
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1977 || || "First digital telephone exchange (AXE) installed"<ref name="Corporate story"/> ||
 
| 1977 || || "First digital telephone exchange (AXE) installed"<ref name="Corporate story"/> ||
Line 103: Line 103:
 
| 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> ||
 
| 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> ||
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 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"/> ||
+
| 1981 || Technology || {{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"/> ||
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1981 || || Ericsson joins with the United States oil company [[w:ARCO|Atlantic Richfield]] to form Anaconda-Ericsson, a manufacturer of cables, transmission systems and other equipment. Anaconda-Ericsson would become one of the leading cable manufacturers in the United States, and would also provide Ericsson a way into to the American telecom market, which the company had difficulty breaking into in the past.<ref name="Ericsson, Inc."/> || {{w|United States}}
+
| 1981 || Organization || Ericsson joins with the United States oil company [[w:ARCO|Atlantic Richfield]] to form Anaconda-Ericsson, a manufacturer of cables, transmission systems and other equipment. Anaconda-Ericsson would become one of the leading cable manufacturers in the United States, and would also provide Ericsson a way into to the American telecom market, which the company had difficulty breaking into in the past.<ref name="Ericsson, Inc."/> || {{w|United States}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1985 || || Ericsson is awarded its first AXE contract from British Telecom.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> ||
+
| 1985 || Recognition || Ericsson is awarded its first AXE contract from British Telecom.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> ||
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1988 || || British conglomerate {{w|Vodafone}} orders the first firm order to Ericsson for equipment for the {{w|GSM}} network in the {{w|United Kingdom}}.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Meurling |first1=John |last2=Jeans |first2=Richard |title=The mobile phone book: the invention of the mobile phone industry |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=m32hdoOxUpEC&q=%22in+1988%22+First+GSM+system+order+from+Vodafone,+UK+%22ericsson%22&dq=%22in+1988%22+First+GSM+system+order+from+Vodafone,+UK+%22ericsson%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj2k76rifXbAhVEHpAKHS6rB5gQ6AEIKDAA}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Webb |first1=Pauline |last2=Suggitt |first2=Mark |title=Gadgets and necessities: an encyclopedia of household innovations |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=uogUAQAAIAAJ&q=%22in+1988%22+First+GSM+system+order+from+Vodafone,+UK+%22ericsson%22&dq=%22in+1988%22+First+GSM+system+order+from+Vodafone,+UK+%22ericsson%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj2k76rifXbAhVEHpAKHS6rB5gQ6AEILTAB}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Asia-Pacific Telecommunications, Issues 1-2; Issues 4-10 |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=MIW_AAAAIAAJ&q=%22in+1988%22+First+GSM+system+order+from+Vodafone,+UK+%22ericsson%22&dq=%22in+1988%22+First+GSM+system+order+from+Vodafone,+UK+%22ericsson%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj2k76rifXbAhVEHpAKHS6rB5gQ6AEIMzAC}}</ref><ref name="Corporate story"/> || {{w|United Kingdom}}
+
| 1988 || Technology || British conglomerate {{w|Vodafone}} orders the first firm order to Ericsson for equipment for the {{w|GSM}} network in the {{w|United Kingdom}}.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Meurling |first1=John |last2=Jeans |first2=Richard |title=The mobile phone book: the invention of the mobile phone industry |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=m32hdoOxUpEC&q=%22in+1988%22+First+GSM+system+order+from+Vodafone,+UK+%22ericsson%22&dq=%22in+1988%22+First+GSM+system+order+from+Vodafone,+UK+%22ericsson%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj2k76rifXbAhVEHpAKHS6rB5gQ6AEIKDAA}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Webb |first1=Pauline |last2=Suggitt |first2=Mark |title=Gadgets and necessities: an encyclopedia of household innovations |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=uogUAQAAIAAJ&q=%22in+1988%22+First+GSM+system+order+from+Vodafone,+UK+%22ericsson%22&dq=%22in+1988%22+First+GSM+system+order+from+Vodafone,+UK+%22ericsson%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj2k76rifXbAhVEHpAKHS6rB5gQ6AEILTAB}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Asia-Pacific Telecommunications, Issues 1-2; Issues 4-10 |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=MIW_AAAAIAAJ&q=%22in+1988%22+First+GSM+system+order+from+Vodafone,+UK+%22ericsson%22&dq=%22in+1988%22+First+GSM+system+order+from+Vodafone,+UK+%22ericsson%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj2k76rifXbAhVEHpAKHS6rB5gQ6AEIMzAC}}</ref><ref name="Corporate story"/> || {{w|United Kingdom}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1988 || Acquisition || {{w|Nokia}} acquires Ericsson's computer business.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> ||
 
| 1988 || Acquisition || {{w|Nokia}} acquires Ericsson's computer business.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> ||
Line 119: Line 119:
 
| 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"/> ||
 
| 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"/> ||
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1998 || || Sven-Christer Nilsson is elected president and {{w|chief executive officer}} of Ericsson.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> ||
+
| 1998 || Staff || Sven-Christer Nilsson is elected president and {{w|chief executive officer}} of Ericsson.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> ||
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1999 || || Ericsson pushes for 3G and mobile internet.<ref name="Advanced Introduction to Corporate Venturing"/> ||
 
| 1999 || || Ericsson pushes for 3G and mobile internet.<ref name="Advanced Introduction to Corporate Venturing"/> ||
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1999 || || Ericsson and American multinational company {{w|Qualcomm}} settle a patent dispute and Ericsson purchases the firm's wireless infrastructure business.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> ||
+
| 1999 || Legal || Ericsson and American multinational company {{w|Qualcomm}} settle a patent dispute and Ericsson purchases the firm's wireless infrastructure business.<ref name="Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson"/> ||
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 2000 || || Ericsson becomes world's leading supplier of 3G mobile systems.<ref name="Corporate story"/> ||
+
| 2000 || Growth || Ericsson becomes world's leading supplier of 3G mobile systems.<ref name="Corporate story"/> ||
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 2001 || || Ericsson conducts the first {{w|3G}} call for {{w|Vodafone}}, in the United Kingdom.<ref name="Corporate story"/> || {{w|United Kingdom}}
 
| 2001 || || Ericsson conducts the first {{w|3G}} call for {{w|Vodafone}}, in the United Kingdom.<ref name="Corporate story"/> || {{w|United Kingdom}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 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> ||
+
| 2001 || Organization || 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> ||
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 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"/> ||
+
| 2003 || Product || 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"/> ||
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 2003 || || High-speed broadband (wideband code division multiple access, WDCMA) rollout starts globally.<ref name="Advanced Introduction to Corporate Venturing"/> ||
 
| 2003 || || High-speed broadband (wideband code division multiple access, WDCMA) rollout starts globally.<ref name="Advanced Introduction to Corporate Venturing"/> ||
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 2005 || || "Ericsson wins biggest contracts to date to manage operator 3's networks in Italy and the UK"<ref name="Corporate story"/> ||
+
| 2005 || || Ericsson wins biggest contracts to date to manage operator 3's networks in Italy and the United Kingdom.<ref name="Corporate story"/> || {{w|Italy}}, {{w|United Kingdom}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 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"/> ||
+
| 2008 || Facility || 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"/> ||
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 2008 || || Ericsson pushes for 4G (Long-term evolution, LTE), the standard the company helps to form.<ref name="Advanced Introduction to Corporate Venturing"/> ||
 
| 2008 || || Ericsson pushes for 4G (Long-term evolution, LTE), the standard the company helps to form.<ref name="Advanced Introduction to Corporate Venturing"/> ||
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 2009 || || Verizon and Ericsson collaborate to carry out the first call on {{w|4G}} network.<ref name="Corporate story"/> ||
+
| 2009 || Technology || Verizon and Ericsson collaborate to carry out the first call on {{w|4G}} network.<ref name="Corporate story"/> ||
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 2009 || || Ericsson wins the IEC InfoVision Award for fiber and backhaul solutions.<ref name="Advanced Introduction to Corporate Venturing"/> ||
+
| 2009 || Recognition || Ericsson wins the IEC InfoVision Award for fiber and backhaul solutions.<ref name="Advanced Introduction to Corporate Venturing"/> ||
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 2011 || || Ericsson completes the acquisition of {{w|Telcordia Technologies}}.<ref name="Corporate story"/> ||
+
| 2011 || Acquisition || Ericsson completes the acquisition of {{w|Telcordia Technologies}}.<ref name="Corporate story"/> ||
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 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"/> ||
+
| 2012 || Acquisition || 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"/> ||
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 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"/> ||
+
| 2013 || Technology || 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"/> ||
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 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> ||
+
| 2015 || Staff || 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> ||
 
|-
 
|-
 
|}
 
|}

Revision as of 14:20, 14 July 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 is the first to introduce the “single-trumpet” telephone.[6][7]
1881 Ericsson signs first major contracts in Norway, Russia and Sweden.[4][8]
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.[9]
1897 Britain accounts for 28% of L.M. Ericsson’s sales.[3]
1899 International expansion 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 Staff Lars Magnus Ericsson retires as president and is succeeded by Axel Boström, his former office manager.[1]
1901 Staff Ericsson retires as chairman.[1]
1901 Acquisition Ericsson acquires Stockholms Allm&auml-a Telefonaktiebolag (SAT)'s manufacturing operations.[1] Sweden
1900 Growth Ericsson reaches 1000 employees globally.[4]
1902 International expansion Ericsson opens sales office in the United States.[4] United States
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][10]
1908 Acquisition Ericsson acquires Deckert & Homolka in Vienna.[3] Austria
1911 Acquisition Ericsson acquires S.I.T. in France.[3] France
1912 Acquisition Ericsson acquires a factory in Budapest.[3] Hungary
1913 International expansion Ericsson begins supplying equipment for Guangzhou's telephone network in China.[11] China
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.[8][12] Russia
1918 Organization Ericsson merges with SAT to form Allm&auml-a Telefonaktiebolaget L.M. Ericsson.[1]
1922 – 1924 International expansion Ericsson establishes in Spain. In 1924, the company opens its first factory in the country in Getafe (Madrid).[13] Spain
1923 The first telephone station with the Ericsson 500-switching system in regular operation is put in service in Rotterdam.[4][14][15]
1926 Notable death Lars Magnus Ericsson dies.[1]
1926 Brand 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 Organization Ericsson establishes a foundation for television research.[4]
1950 Technology Ericsson's technology enables the world's first international call.[6][4]
1951 Ericsson acquires a majority interest in North Electric Company of Ohio.[1] United States
1956 Product Ericsson releases the Ericofon. Also known as the Cobra, it is the first single-piece telephone to be sold commercially.[3][16]
1959 Product 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 Acquisition Swedish businessman Peter Wallenberg Jr. purchases ITT's stake in Ericsson.[1]
1962 Product The Ericsson Dialog is introduced.[17]
1963 Ericsson begins selling assets in an effort to focus on its telephone businesses.[1]
1974 International expansion Ericsson opens a factory in Leganés (Madrid).[13]
1976 Technology 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.[18]
1981 Technology 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.[19][7]
1981 Organization Ericsson joins with the United States oil company Atlantic Richfield to form Anaconda-Ericsson, a manufacturer of cables, transmission systems and other equipment. Anaconda-Ericsson would become one of the leading cable manufacturers in the United States, and would also provide Ericsson a way into to the American telecom market, which the company had difficulty breaking into in the past.[6] United States
1985 Recognition Ericsson is awarded its first AXE contract from British Telecom.[1]
1988 Technology British conglomerate Vodafone orders the first firm order to Ericsson for equipment for the GSM network in the United Kingdom.[20][21][22][4] United Kingdom
1988 Acquisition Nokia acquires Ericsson's computer business.[1]
1991 The firt global system for mobile communication (GSM) phones is introduced.[7]
1991 AXE telephone exchange 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 Staff Sven-Christer Nilsson is elected president and chief executive officer of Ericsson.[1]
1999 Ericsson pushes for 3G and mobile internet.[7]
1999 Legal Ericsson and American multinational company Qualcomm settle a patent dispute and Ericsson purchases the firm's wireless infrastructure business.[1]
2000 Growth Ericsson becomes world's leading supplier of 3G mobile systems.[4]
2001 Ericsson conducts the first 3G call for Vodafone, in the United Kingdom.[4] United Kingdom
2001 Organization Ericsson's cell phone division merges with the major Japanese home electronics firm Sony and forms SonyEricsson Communications.[1][23]
2003 Product The Sony Ericsson T610 is released. The product would be named world's best cell phone by the trade organization GSM Association.[23]
2003 High-speed broadband (wideband code division multiple access, WDCMA) rollout starts globally.[7]
2005 Ericsson wins biggest contracts to date to manage operator 3's networks in Italy and the United Kingdom.[4] Italy, United Kingdom
2008 Facility Ericsson establishes a research center in the Silicon Valley.[7][4]
2008 Ericsson pushes for 4G (Long-term evolution, LTE), the standard the company helps to form.[7]
2009 Technology Verizon and Ericsson collaborate to carry out the first call on 4G network.[4]
2009 Recognition Ericsson wins the IEC InfoVision Award for fiber and backhaul solutions.[7]
2011 Acquisition Ericsson completes the acquisition of Telcordia Technologies.[4]
2012 Acquisition Ericsson acquires Canadian company BelAir Networks, which offers service provider class wireless broadband, with large-scale deployments for cellular and cable operators.[24][25][4]
2013 Technology 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.[7]
2015 Staff Ericsson employs a total of 118,055 people.[26]

Meta information on the timeline

How the timeline was built

The initial version of the timeline was written by FIXME.

Funding information for this timeline is available.

Feedback and comments

Feedback for the timeline can be provided at the following places:

  • FIXME

What the timeline is still missing

[1], [2],

Timeline update strategy

See also

External links

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 "Ericsson, Inc.". mesothelioma.com. Retrieved 27 June 2018. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 Hisrich, Robert D. Advanced Introduction to Corporate Venturing. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "The Secret to Success" (PDF). sserussia.org. Retrieved 26 June 2018. 
  9. ↑ "South Africa". ericsson.com. Retrieved 27 June 2018. 
  10. ↑ "Mexico". ericsson.com. Retrieved 27 June 2018. 
  11. ↑ "Stockholm calling Shanghai!". slideshare.net. Retrieved 26 June 2018. 
  12. ↑ "Our man in Moscow". ericsson.com. Retrieved 26 June 2018. 
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Spain". ericsson.com. Retrieved 27 June 2018. 
  14. ↑ "The 500 switch – a workhorse". ericsson.com. Retrieved 26 June 2018. 
  15. ↑ "500 switch father". ericsson.com. Retrieved 26 June 2018. 
  16. ↑ "The Original Ericofon". blog.retroplanet.com. Retrieved 28 June 2018. 
  17. ↑ "Dialog – the popular choice". ericsson.com. Retrieved 26 June 2018. 
  18. ↑ "Diavox 1978". ericsson.com. Retrieved 27 June 2018. 
  19. ↑ "Breakthrough for mobile telephony". ericsson.com. Retrieved 26 June 2018. 
  20. ↑ Meurling, John; Jeans, Richard. The mobile phone book: the invention of the mobile phone industry. 
  21. ↑ Webb, Pauline; Suggitt, Mark. Gadgets and necessities: an encyclopedia of household innovations. 
  22. ↑ Asia-Pacific Telecommunications, Issues 1-2; Issues 4-10. 
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 "Sony Ericsson T610 from 2003". ericsson.com. Retrieved 26 June 2018. 
  24. ↑ "BelAir Networks". crunchbase.com. Retrieved 27 June 2018. 
  25. ↑ "BelAir 100SNE Wireless Access Point Teardown". electronics360.globalspec.com. Retrieved 27 June 2018. 
  26. ↑ "Ericsson SuccessStory". successstory.com. Retrieved 25 June 2018. 
Retrieved from "http://timelines.issarice.com/index.php?title=Timeline_of_Ericsson&oldid=23923"