Compagnie Générale de Télégraphie Sans Fil

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Compagnie Générale de Télégraphie Sans Fil was a historic French electronics and telecommunications company that became a key predecessor to the modern Thales Group.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French company
electronics company
telecommunications company
activeDuring Cold War
World War II
interwar period
areaServed France
international markets
country France
developed electronic components
microwave technology
military electronics
navigation systems
radar systems
radio communication equipment
television equipment
dissolvedOrCeasedToExist 1968
fieldOfWork defense technology
microwave engineering
radio engineering
signal processing
foundedBy Pierre Azaria
Émile Girardeau NERFINISHED
hasPart CSF manufacturing plants
CSF research laboratories
hasSuccessor Thales Group
headquartersLocation Paris
inception 1918
industry aerospace electronics
defense electronics
electronics
telecommunications
keyPredecessorOf Thales Group
languageOfWorkOrName French
locatedInTimeZone Central European Time
mergedInto Thomson SA
surface form: Thomson-CSF
nativeLabel Compagnie Générale de Télégraphie Sans Fil self-link
notableWork French radar development before and after World War II
parentOrganization Thomson SA
surface form: Thomson-Brandt
productOrService defense systems
electronic warfare equipment
radar
radio receivers
radio transmitters
telecommunications systems
shortName CSF
successor Thomson SA
surface form: Thomson-CSF

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Thales Group foundedBy Compagnie Générale de Télégraphie Sans Fil
Thales foundedBy Compagnie Générale de Télégraphie Sans Fil
subject surface form: Thales Group
this entity surface form: Compagnie Française Thomson-Houston
Compagnie Générale de Télégraphie Sans Fil nativeLabel Compagnie Générale de Télégraphie Sans Fil self-link