Ericsson Telephones

Ericsson Telephones Limited[1] (ETL) was a British telephone equipment manufacturer based in Beeston, Nottinghamshire.

The National Telephone Company had established a factory in Beeston in 1901, and from 1903 this became ETL's manufacturing site.

The company was renamed to Ericsson Telephones Limited in 1926.

L. M. Ericsson then formed the Swedish Ericsson Company Limited[2] to maintain a trading presence in the UK (for overseas sales, for example to the Commonwealth,[3] although in 1948 L. M. Ericsson agreed with ETL not manufacture in the UK for 20 years,[3] and sold its ETL shares.

[3] ETL remained an independent company until 1961, when it was acquired by Plessey and ceased to exist as a separate brand; see Graces Guide.