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Elisa Oyj (Elisa) is a Finnish telecommunications company founded in 1882 (known until July 2000 as HPY or Helsingin puhelinyhdistys). Elisa Oyj employs about 5000 people. The company's revenue for 2005 was about €1.34 billion. Mobile operations of Elisa were known as Radiolinja before. Elisa works together in co-operation with Vodafone. Telecommunication involves the transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose of communication. ... 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a timeline for events in July, 2000. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Radiolinja was a Finnish GSM operator founded on September 19, 1988. ... Vodafone Group plc (LSE: VOD, NYSE: VOD, FWB:VOD) is a British mobile phone operator headquartered in Newbury, Berkshire, England, is the largest mobile telecommunications network company in the world by turnover, with equity interests in 26 countries and Partner Networks (networks in which it has no equity stake) in...


HPY got started on the 6th of June 1882, by connecting 56 phone numbers. By 1884 the number of yearly calls surpassed one million. HPY started expanding during the 1930s by buying smaller Telephone operators. The company reached its current geographical operating field in 1958. 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ... A telephone operator at work on a private switchboard A telephone operator is either a person who provides assistance to a telephone caller, usually in the placing of operator assisted telephone calls such as calls from a pay phone, collect calls (called reversed-charge calls in the UK), calls which... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


The world's first GSM call was made in Finland with Radiolinja's GSM-network. Not to be confused with Get Some Mates The Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) is the most popular standard for mobile phones in the world. ...


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Mobile phone operators of Finland
Elisa | Sonera | DNA
MVNO: Cubio | Globetel | Kolumbus | Saunalahti | TeleFinland

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