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Security & Communications · Historical radio business · Ericsson joint venture 1989
GE Mobile Radio & Communications
Two-way mobile communications with a separate ownership history.
Vintage-style artistic recreation of GE's historic businesses.
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Business history
GE’s mobile radio activities served commercial and public-safety communications markets. They were separate from NBC broadcasting and from its defense-space division.
In 1989 GE and Ericsson formed Ericsson-GE Mobile Communications, with Ericsson owning 60% and GE 40%. It should not be described as an outright sale to Ericsson in 1989.
Historical references
Subsidiaries, acquisitions & joint ventures
Joint venture · 1989 – c. 1992
Ericsson GE Mobile Communications
Mobile radio and cellular joint venture between Ericsson and GE.
Ownership outcome: Ericsson took full control.
Source
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Major products & innovations
- ✦ Two-way mobile radios
- ✦ Land-mobile communications
- ✦ Public-safety radio systems
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Heritage illustration
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Employee memories
No approved memories from GE Mobile Radio & Communications yet. Be the first to share one.
Share your story05
GE Jokes
The sixth why
We asked the five whys. We found the root cause. Then the manager asked a sixth why.
We're still in that conference room.
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GE Garfield
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GE Motivational Quotes
No turbine was ever built by one person. Every one of those hands mattered.
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GE Legend Collectable Cards
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GE Honorable Mentions
Know someone from GE Mobile Radio & Communications who deserves recognition — or is it your own story?
Nominate a GE legend10
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NBC & RCA
Radio, television and broadcasting history.
NBCUniversal now owned by Comcast.
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Historic GE Aerospace · Defense & Space
A separate defense-electronics and space lineage from today’s engine company.
Divested to Martin Marietta in 1993; not today’s GE Aerospace business.