The 50th Anniversary of the Mobile Phone

The world’s first fully automatic mobile phone system was created 50 years ago by Ericsson and TeliaSonera. The 50th Anniversary of the Mobile Phone has been celebrated during all the autumn of 2006.

The celebrations were organised by the magazines Mobil and Veckans Affärer with Ericsson and TeliaSonera as partners.

In the City of Stockholm, there was an exhibition about the mobile phone’s past, present and future and an exclusive industry magazine was co-produced by Mobil and Veckans Affärer.

On October 26 there was an international conference and trade fair plus the concluding gala event, Mobilgalan.