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Also known as Telefunken AG, TFK

Telefunken was a German radio and television producer, founded in Berlin in 1903 as a joint venture between Siemens & Halske and the Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft (AEG) ("General electricity company"). Prior to World War I, the company set up the first world-wide network of communications and was the first in the world to sell electronic televisions with cathode-ray tubes, in Germany in 1934.

Key facts

Company.name
Telefunken
Company.logo
Telefunken.svg
Company.logo_size
130px
Company.logo_caption
Logo since 1919
Company.location
Berlin, Germany
Company.defunct
merger with parent company AEG to AEG-Telefunken (1996 merger with Daimler-Benz and sale/dissolution various company parts), 2005 rename of the last former Telefunken division
Company.parent
Gordon Brothers
Company.industry
Electrical industry

via Wikipedia infobox

Official website

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telefunken.com

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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • Brand names
  • History
  • Business fields
  • Locations and manufacturing plants
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

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