Radiolinja was a Finnish GSM operator founded on September 19, 1988. On March 27, 1991, the world's first GSM phone call was made on Radiolinja's network.[1][2] The network was opened for commercial use on July 1, 1991.
Radiolinja's slogan was So that Finns could talk more; it became famous through an advertising campaign.
When Radiolinja launched, Finland's incumbent mobile operator, Telecom Finland (later changed to Sonera, now part of Sweden's TeliaSonera) was already operating a first generation mobile network on the NMT technology. Thus, Radiolinja's launch was also the start of mobile telecom competition in Europe. Several global firsts happened on the Radiolinja network, including the world's first person-to-person SMS text message, sent in 1993; the world's first fixed-mobile service bundle, launched in 1996; and the world's first paid downloadable mobile content, a ringtone, in 1998.
Radiolinja's original investors included the Finnet Group, a consortium composed of a number of Finnish corporations and local telephone companies. In the mid-1990s, Elisa (known then as Helsinki Telephone Ltd) began acquiring a greater stake in Radiolinja, ultimately leading to the mergers of Radiolinja, Radiolinja Origo, and Elisa. At this point, Elisa had also acquired some of Radiolinja's other major stakeholders, such as Soon Communications (previously Tampere Telephone Plc and before that Tampere Telephone Cooperative).
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radiolinja, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, december, 2009,. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Radiolinja news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message Radiolinja was a Finnish GSM operator founded on September 19 1988 On March 27 1991 the world s first GSM phone call was made on Radiolinja s network 1 2 The network was opened for commercial use on July 1 1991 RadiolinjaIndustryCellular Service ProviderFoundedSeptember 19 1988 35 years ago 1988 09 19 FateAcquired by ElisaHeadquartersFinlandRadiolinja s slogan was So that Finns could talk more it became famous through an advertising campaign When Radiolinja launched Finland s incumbent mobile operator Telecom Finland later changed to Sonera now part of Sweden s TeliaSonera was already operating a first generation mobile network on the NMT technology Thus Radiolinja s launch was also the start of mobile telecom competition in Europe Several global firsts happened on the Radiolinja network including the world s first person to person SMS text message sent in 1993 the world s first fixed mobile service bundle launched in 1996 and the world s first paid downloadable mobile content a ringtone in 1998 Radiolinja s original investors included the Finnet Group a consortium composed of a number of Finnish corporations and local telephone companies In the mid 1990s Elisa known then as Helsinki Telephone Ltd began acquiring a greater stake in Radiolinja ultimately leading to the mergers of Radiolinja Radiolinja Origo and Elisa At this point Elisa had also acquired some of Radiolinja s other major stakeholders such as Soon Communications previously Tampere Telephone Plc and before that Tampere Telephone Cooperative Currently the company is known as Elisa References Edit Radiolinja s history History On Elisa Elisa com Elisa Oyj Retrieved 28 June 2010 History GSM World GSM Association Archived from the original on 19 May 2011 Retrieved 28 June 2010 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Radiolinja amp oldid 1033256426, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
