You know, when I said in my opening statement that Ericsson started in 1953, obviously that wasn't with Rogers. I mean, in the sixties and seventies the company was involved in a number of businesses, including telephony switches that carried toll traffic internationally; it put in power cables below the sea to link P.E.I. to the mainland; it installed horizon-based radar systems on the frigates for the Canadian navy.
But in 1984, when the first wireless licences were handed out in Canada, that's when we struck this partnership with Cantel, at that time, to deploy that network 100% coast to coast. That has been a fantastic story for Ericsson. That's a relationship that exists to this day, 25 years later. We know that the innovation and the technology that comes to market through that network makes it one of the leading telecom providers in this country, and we are its sole partner when it comes to the wireless network equipment.
If I could tie that together even more, there are a couple of things I think I have to say.
In 1989 there was another network put in coast to coast for Rogers. It was called Mobitex. It was a very early mobile data technology. It was totally developed by Ericsson, it was sold to Rogers, and we put it in coast to coast. And there was also a coast-to-coast network put in the U.S. That Mobitex network, that technology, is the one that the very first RIM pagers were built upon. The first little chicklet, I mean, was completely Mobitex technology. So there's quite a technological tie between not only Rogers but Research In Motion and some of the things that have happened in this country.
In 1984, when the licences were handed out, it was also decided to put in an innovation cell in Montreal. It really started with about 45 to 50 people, and really, on the start of that partnership, it has become one of the top research and development companies in the country.
So we're very proud of what has been accomplished here and we're quite proud of our relationship with Rogers over these 25 years.