Telefunken is a German radio and television company, founded in 1903, in Berlin, as a joint venture of two large companies, Siemens & Halske (S & H) and the Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft . The name "Telefunken" appears in:
the product brand name "Telefunken";
AEG subsidiary as Telefunken GmbH in 1955;
AEG subsidiary as Telefunken AG in 1963;
company merged as AEG-Telefunken (1967–1985);
the company "Telefunken | USA" (2001).
the company "Telefunken semiconductor GmbH & Co KG" Heilbronn Germany (2009).
The company "Telefunken|USA" (www.telefunkenusa.com) was incorporated in early 2001 to provide restoration services and build reproductions of vintage Telefunken microphones.
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from 1930, that was used in early German radios]]]]On the initiative of Kaiser Wilhelm II, in 1903 the Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft (AEG) and Siemens & Halske AG jointly founded the Gesellschaft für drahtlose Telegraphie System Telefunken - better known as Tele