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Sir Ernest Thomas Harrison OBE HonFREng (11 May 1926 – 16 February 2009) was an English businessman. He was best known as chairman of electronics company Racal and the first chairman of its spun-out mobile telephony division, Vodafone. He was also a fan and major shareholder of Arsenal Football Club.
Feb 20, 2009 · Harrison led Racal Electronics for 35 years and oversaw its transformation from a small engineering consultancy to a global defence and communications company. He also played a key role in the creation of Vodafone, the world's largest mobile network operator, and had a passion for horse racing and lottery.
Sep 24, 2018 · Learn about the life and career of Ernest Harrison, who started as a clerk and became the chairman of Racal Telecom and Vodafone. Discover how he led the company to become the first global mobile phone network and won many crucial deals in the telecom industry.
Feb 22, 2009 · Sir Ernest Harrison, who died on February 16 aged 82, was one of the outstanding British industrial entrepreneurs of his generation, as the driving force of the electronics group Racal, which...
Feb 19, 2009 · Sir Ernest Harrison: The man who imaged the mobile phone. Virginia, USA, 1980, five years before the word “cellphone” entered the vocabulary, an Englishman was entering the gates of General Electric’s mobile radio factory in Virginia.
Sir Ernest Harrison, Vodafone’s first chairman, receives the first call at his New Year’s party in Surrey
Jan 1, 2020 · At just after midnight on 1 January 1985 in Parliament Square, London, Michael Harrison made the UK’s first mobile phone call over Vodafone’s cellular network. He called his father Sir Ernest Harrison, Vodafone’s founder and first chairman, and said: “Happy New Year dad, it’s Mike here.
