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in May 5 1846 lars magnus ericson was born. Lars Magnus was born in Värmskog, Värmland and grew up in the small village of Vegerbol,
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Founded in 1876 as a telegraph equipment repair shop by Lars Magnus Ericsson, it was incorporated on August 18, 1918
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It was not until they started cooperating with Henrik Tore Cedergren in 1883 that the company would start to grow into the Ericsson corporation as we know it today
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and from 1891, Ericsson offered all members of the plan and their families free medical care.
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In the year 1900 Lars Magnus retired from Ericsson at the age of 54
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He kept his shares in the company until 1905 and then sold them all.
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The world's largest ever manual telephone exchange, serving 60,000 lines, was installed by Ericsson in Moscow in 1916.
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December 17, 1926 lars magnus ericson lost his life.
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He stood to make a profit of $11 million on the deal. When ITT's Behn wanted to cancel this deal in 1932, he discovered that there was no money left in the company, just a large claim on the same Kreuger & Toll that Kreuger had himself lent money to.
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In 1960 the Wallenberg family struck a deal with ITT to buy its shares in Ericsson, and has since controlled the company.
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Ericsson Power Division begins research into high frequency switching DC/DC converters.
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Power Modules operation established within Ericsson.
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World's first high frequency switching DC/DC power modules launched.
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Ericsson produces the first mobile phone for the NMT network
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Development of first true component power supply starts.
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First miniaturized DC/DC converter launched.
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Joint venture established in Shanghai, China – Shanghai Ericsson Simtec Electronics Company Ltd. First >90% efficient DC/DC converter.
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Ericsson suffered heavy losses after the telecommunications crash in the early 2000s, and had to fire tens of thousands of staff worldwide.
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A fire at the Philips factory contaminated the sterile facility. Philips assured Ericsson and Nokia (their other major customer) that production would be delayed for no more than a week.
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Sony Ericsson established
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Company sees success with release of Sony Ericsson T610 – colour screen, built-in camera, Bluetooth abilities, available in 3 colours
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Releases first Walkman branded phone – P900 – storing up to 2GB of music
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Releases first Cyber-shot branded phones – K790 and K800 – high-quality 3.2MP and Xenon flash
Sony Ericsson has a record year for new mobile phone accounts -
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications hosts tennis tournament – 2007 Sony Ericsson Open
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2010
Introduces its eco-friendly phone, the Elm – a GreenHeart smartphone with 5MP camera and Facebook and Twitter integration
