Historical Timeline

• June 1, 1869: Great Northern Telegraph Company was founded
  
  
• January 1, 1872: Official opening of the first telegraph connection between Europe and Far East via Russia
  
  
• 1940s-1970: Investments in new business areas
• Laurits Knudsen (electronic supplies)
• Hellesen (batteries)
• Elmi (measurement equipment)
• Telematic (telephones)
• Danavox (hearing aids)


• 1987: GN Netcom is separated from Danavox and starts producing headsets
  
  
• 1991: GN gets involved in DMT Dansk MobilTelefoni (Danish mobile telephony) later to be known as Sonofon
  
  
• 2000: Sonofon is sold to Norwegian Telenor for DKK 13.1 billion an GN’s subsidiary NetTest (former Elmi) buys French Photonetics for DKK 9.1 billion
  
  
• January 4, 2003: GN NetTest is sold
  
  
• October 2003: GN’s factory in Xiamen is officially opened by H.R.H. Joachim
  
  
• October 2, 2006: GN announces that it has entered an agreement to sell GN ReSound to Sonova for DKK 15.1 billion
  
  
• April 2007: German Bundeskartellamt prohibits the sale of GN ReSound to Phonak
  
  
• November 6, 2007: The sales process concerning GN ReSound is abandoned.