Sony Mobile Communications Inc. was a multinational telecommunications company founded on October 1, 2001, as a joint venture between Sony Corporation and Ericsson. It was originally incorporated as Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, and headquartered in London, England, until Sony acquired Ericsson's share in the venture on February 16, 2012.
On April 1, 2021, Sony integrated its electronics businesses including Sony Mobile into one company called Sony Corporation.
A Sony mobile phone from before the joint venture
An Ericsson mobile phone from before the joint venture
Sony Ericsson P990i
Sony Ericsson Satio
Sony Group Corporation , formerly known as Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo K.K. and Sony Corporation (ソニー株式会社), commonly known as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The Sony Group comprises entities such as Sony Corporation, Sony Semiconductor Solutions, Sony Entertainment, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Sony Financial Group, and others.
Headquarters in Minato, Tokyo
Sony's first product was an electric rice cooker in the late 1940s.
Advertising for Sony transistor radios (TR-6, TR-63 & TR-72), 1957
A Sony TR-730 transistor radio made in Japan, c. 1960
