Timeline of telephony in Sweden
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This is a timeline of telephony in Sweden.
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Big picture
| Time period | Development summary |
|---|---|
| 1960s | Ericsson releases one of the world's first hands-free speaker telephones.[1] |
Full timeline
| Year | Event type | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 1878 | Swedish inventor Lars Magnus Ericsson begins making and selling his own telephone equipment. Ericsson would become a major supplier of telephone equipment to Scandinavia.[1] | |
| 1911 | Wireless telegraphy to shipping in the North Sea is provided by the Swedish Telegraph Administration’s first coastal radio station in Gothenburg.[2] | |
| 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.[2] | |
| 1956 | Ericcson introduces the world's first fully automatic mobile telephone system is introduced in Sweden. Named MTA (Mobiltelefonisystem A), it allows calls to be made and received in a car using a rotary dial.[1] | |
| 1962 | Ericsson upgrades the MTA and the Mobile System B (MTB) is introduced.[1] | |
| 1971 | The Mobile System D (MTD) version is launched, opening for several different brands of equipment. The MTD would gain commercial success. | |
| 1981 | The Nordic Mobile Telephone (NMT) network opens in Sweden. | |
| 1983 | The MTD becomes obsolete | |
| 1987 | The European Commission issues a "green paper", establishing the need for a long-term modernization of the European telecom market.[3] | |
| 1993 | Televerket becomes Telia AB.[3] | |
| 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. |
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How the timeline was built
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What the timeline is still missing
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See also
External links
References
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "1880 – 1920 Manual telephony". teliacompanyhistory.com. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Liberalization of the telephony markets". teliacompanyhistory.com. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
