Timeline of Ericsson
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Big picture
| Time period | Development summary |
|---|---|
| 1960s | Ericsson releases one of the first handsfree speaker phones.[1] |
Full timeline
| Year | Event type | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 1876 | "Lars Magnus Ericsson opens telegraph repair workshop"[2] | |
| 1878 | L.M. Ericsson begins producing telephone equipment.[1] | |
| 1881 | "First major contracts won in Norway, Russia and Sweden"[2] | |
| 1897 | Britain accounts for 28% of L.M. Ericsson’s sales.[1] | |
| 1900 | "1000 employees globally, SEK 4 million in sales and 50,000 telephones produced"[2] | |
| 1902 | "Sales office opens in US"[2] | |
| 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.[1] | |
| 1905 | "First acquisition made in Mexico"[2] | |
| 1908 | Ericsson acquires Deckert & Homolka in Vienna.[1] | |
| 1911 | Ericsson acquires S.I.T. in France.[1] | |
| 1912 | Ericsson acquires a factory in Budapest.[1] | |
| 1923 | "First automatic 500-point switches in service" [2] | |
| 1946 | "Foundation for research into television established"[2] | |
| 1950 | "LM Ericsson telephone exchange supports world's first international call"[2] | |
| 1977 | "First digital telephone exchange (AXE) installed"[2] | |
| 1988 | "First GSM system order from Vodafone, UK"[2] | |
| 1991 | "AXE lines exceed 105 million in 11 countries, serving 34 million subscribers"[2] | |
| 2000 | "Ericsson becomes world's leading supplier of 3G mobile systems"[2] | |
| 2001 | "Ericsson conducts the first 3G call for Vodafone, UK"[2] | |
| 2005 | "Ericsson wins biggest contracts to date to manage operator 3's networks in Italy and the UK"[2] | |
| 2008 | "Research center established in Silicon Valley, USA"[2] | |
| 2009 | "Verizon and Ericsson collaborate to carry out first data call on 4G network"[2] | |
| 2011 | "Ericsson completes the acquisition of Telcordia"[2] | |
| 2012 | "Ericsson completes the acquisition of BelAir"[2] | |
| 2015 | Ericsson employs a total of 118,055 people.[3] |
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "A Brief History of L M Ericssons". telephonecollecting.org. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 "Corporate story". ericsson.com. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- ↑ "Ericsson SuccessStory". successstory.com. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
