Timeline of Ericsson
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| 1876 | "Lars Magnus Ericsson opens telegraph repair workshop" | |
| 1881 | "First major contracts won in Norway, Russia and Sweden" | |
| 1900 | "1000 employees globally, SEK 4 million in sales and 50,000 telephones produced" | |
| 1902 | "Sales office opens in US" | |
| 1905 | "First acquisition made in Mexico" | |
| 1923 | "First automatic 500-point switches in service" | |
| 1946 | "Foundation for research into television established" | |
| 1950 | "LM Ericsson telephone exchange supports world's first international call" | |
| 1977 | "First digital telephone exchange (AXE) installed" | |
| 1988 | "First GSM system order from Vodafone, UK" | |
| 1991 | "AXE lines exceed 105 million in 11 countries, serving 34 million subscribers" | |
| 2000 | "Ericsson becomes world's leading supplier of 3G mobile systems" | |
| 2001 | "Ericsson conducts the first 3G call for Vodafone, UK" | |
| 2005 | "Ericsson wins biggest contracts to date to manage operator 3's networks in Italy and the UK" | |
| 2008 | "Research center established in Silicon Valley, USA" | |
| 2009 | "Verizon and Ericsson collaborate to carry out first data call on 4G network" | |
| 2011 | "Ericsson completes the acquisition of Telcordia" | |
| 2012 | "Ericsson completes the acquisition of BelAir" |
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