Neowin News Feed for: Ericsson

Windows 11 just got a major 5G boost thanks to Ericsson

Usama Jawad — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 19:44:01 +0000

Ericsson returns with a silent 5G upgrade for Windows 11 that keeps enterprise users always connected without the hassle. Read more...

UK Court upholds Lenovo's SEP rights in landmark ruling

Fiza Ali — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 21:30:01 +0000

Lenovo triumphs in a pivotal Standard Essential Patents dispute as the UK Court backs its stance over Ericsson's tactics. Read more...

Ericsson wins contract to supply 5G equipment to Indian carrier Airtel

Karthik Mudaliar — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 10:58:02 +0000

Ericsson has secured a significant multi-billion dollar contract to supply 5G equipment to Bharti Airtel. Read more...

Ericsson announces largest layoff in telecom industry amid slow demand

Karthik Mudaliar — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 14:26:01 +0000

Ericsson has sent out an internal memo announcing it'll lay off 8,500 employees worldwide. The move is part of the company's cost-cutting strategy due to slow demand for telecom equipment. Read more...

Ericsson to stop operating in Russia in the next few months

Steve Bennett — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 09:42:01 +0000

Another tech company, Ericsson, has announced that it will cease its business operations in Russia over the next few months in its obligations to customers, as a result of the Ukraine war. Read more...

AT&T joins Ericsson's 5G consumer tech hub to connect with startups

Paul Hill — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 20:04:02 +0000

AT&T has joined the Ericsson Startup 5G hub which will allow the carrier to connect with startups developing new products and services that leverage 5G networks that have recently been deployed. Read more...

Cloud RAN adds more credibility to Ericsson RAN portfolio as it is now NESAS-compliant

Fiza Ali — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 18:16:01 +0000

Ericsson Cloud RAN has passed the GSMA NESAS audit, and the products in scope for this audit include Central Unit-Control Plane, Central Unit-User Plane, Distributed Unit, and RAN Service Discovery. Read more...

Ericsson Routes beta launches for autonomous vehicles in California

Paul Hill — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 18:16:01 +0000

Ericsson has launched the beta of Ericsson Routes, a service that it hopes will optimise the routes autonomous vehicles take by improving coverage in low-connectivity areas where information degrades. Read more...

Ericsson says mobile data has increased 300-fold since 2011

Paul Hill — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 09:34:01 +0000

Ericsson has released its latest Mobility Report and it reveals that mobile data traffic has increased 300-fold since 2011. It said that data usage increased faster as 5G came online. Read more...

TrendForce says industrial metaverse revenue will hit $540 billion by 2025

Paul Hill — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 03:04:01 +0000

The analyst firm TrendForce has stated that industrial metaverse revenue will reach $540 billion by 2025 as companies begin to incorporate technologies such as digital twins into their processes. Read more...

Ericsson announces successful $6.2 billion acquisition of Vonage

Paul Hill — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 18:16:01 +0000

Ericsson has decided to buy the cloud-based communications provider Vonage. Ericsson expects the deal to close in the first half of 2022 and will pay $6.2 billion as part of the deal. Read more...

Ericsson and MIT begin research on next-gen 5G and 6G networks

Paul Hill — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 19:02:01 +0000

Ericsson has formed a partnership with MIT to begin work on hardware that will enable next-gen 5G and 6G networks. The partners did not provide a roadmap of when they expect to complete the work. Read more...

Getting schools online can increase GDP per capita by 20%, says report

Paul Hill — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 23:32:02 +0000

Ericsson has sponsored a new report which has found that connecting more schools to the internet in poor countries, would help to raise the GDP per capita of those countries by as much as 20%. Read more...

Ericsson and Deutsche Telekom in trial to boost 5G backhaul capacity

Paul Hill — Tue, 06 Apr 2021 17:40:01 +0000

Ericsson, Deutsche Telekom, and Cosmote have carried out successful trials on W-band technology to boost capacity on 5G networks. They said it will also help in next-generation 6G networks. Read more...

Ericsson launches open 5G RAN lab to boost innovation

Paul Hill — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 20:16:01 +0000

Ericsson has announced the launch of Ericsson Open Lab, a virtual environment for Ericsson Cloud RAN customers and ecosystem partners to innovate on virtualized 5G RAN technologies. Read more...

Ericsson using AI to help hospital manage COVID-19 patients

Paul Hill — Tue, 09 Mar 2021 15:26:01 +0000

Ericsson is working with Telia and Sahlgrenska University Hospital to build AI models that allow the hospital to receive COVID-19 patients in a more prepared manner, ensuring enough supplies. Read more...

Deutsche Telekom and Ericsson run tests to green sites

Paul Hill — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 14:02:02 +0000

Ericsson and Deutsche Telekom have found that solar grids can power two-thirds of the energy requirements needed for one of the latter's mobile sites located in Germany, helping cut emissions. Read more...

Nokia to lead EU's 6G research project Hexa-X

Paul Hill — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 17:22:01 +0000

Nokia has become the head of an EU research project into 6G called Hexa-X. The firm said that it expects 6G to become commercially available to consumers in a decade around the year 2030. Read more...

BT signs 5G deal to use Ericsson hardware in its network

Paul Hill — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 18:42:01 +0000

BT will use Ericsson hardware in cities around the UK after the two firms came to an agreement. Ericsson already supplies hardware for BT's core network making it an end-to-end partner in places. Read more...

Ex-BT boss will help diversify U.K. telecoms supply chain

Paul Hill — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 14:20:01 +0000

An ex-boss of BT, Lord Livingston, has been selected to head the U.K.'s Telecoms Diversification Task Force, a body that will provide expert advice to the government as it diversifies mobile networks. Read more...

UK mobile networks set to remove Huawei 5G equipment

Paul Hill — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 13:02:01 +0000

The UK government has decided to ban Huawei hardware from 5G mobile networks from the end of the year. The government decided not to restrict its use in 2G, 3G, and 4G networks though. Read more...

White House rubbishes the idea that the U.S. will take control of Nokia and Ericsson

Paul Hill — Sat, 08 Feb 2020 10:30:01 +0000

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has rubbished the Attorney General's idea that the U.S. could buy a controlling stake in Nokia and Ericsson to make them more competitive against Huawei. Read more...

Ericsson will no longer attend MWC 2020 over coronavirus fears

Jay Bonggolto — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 18:14:01 +0000

Ericsson announced today that it is backing out from the Mobile World Congress 2020 due to health risks from the novel coronavirus outbreak. The company says it will focus on local demos, instead. Read more...

The UK has decided to allow Huawei hardware in non-critical areas of 5G networks

Paul Hill — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 13:36:01 +0000

The UK government has finally come to the decision that it will allow Huawei hardware to be used in 5G networks but with several restrictions. Only 35% of a network will be able to use Huawei tech. Read more...

SoftBank reportedly plans to replace Huawei equipment with Nokia and Ericsson products

Jay Bonggolto — Thu, 13 Dec 2018 09:20:01 +0000

A new report claims SoftBank is planning to drop Huawei-built hardware from its 4G network and switch to Nokia and Ericsson products over the next few years. This follows Japan's ban on Chinese tech. Read more...

IDC expects 5G infrastructure revenues to reach $26 billion in 2022

Paul Hill — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 19:22:01 +0000

5G infrastructure revenues could see a compound annual growth rate of 118% according to IDC. The firm claimed that the market's revenues will reach $26 billion in 2022, up from $528 million this year. Read more...

Ericsson and Telstra extend Narrowband IoT range in Australia up to 100 kilometers

Ruel Revales — Thu, 27 Sep 2018 09:00:01 +0000

Ericsson and Telstra have completed the deployment and testing of a narrowband IoT data connection in Australia, extending its 3GPP standards-based range limit from 40km to 100km. Read more...

T-Mobile doubles down on 5G, signs deal with Ericsson this time

João Carrasqueira — Tue, 11 Sep 2018 16:56:01 +0000

T-Mobile has been the most outspoken carrier in regards to its plans for 5G networks, and after doing the same with Nokia, it has now signed a $3.5 billion deal with its rival Ericsson. Read more...

Docomo and Nokia successfully conduct 5G trials in Japan

Shreyas Gandhe — Sun, 29 Nov 2015 11:26:01 +0000

Japanese mobile services provider, Docomo, has announced that it has attained success in evaluating 5G networks in real world scenarios and achieved speeds in excess of 2 Gbps. Read more...

Ericsson researchers achieve mind-blowing 5G speeds

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 11:40:01 +0000

Ericsson, one of the companies involved in developing 5G networks, has been field-testing some of its technologies and has achieved some very impressive speeds, as well as other improvements. Read more...

Ericsson sues Apple, wants ITC to block iPhone sales in the U.S. market

Adrian Potoroaca — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 19:24:01 +0000

Erricson has filed not one, but seven patent related lawsuits against the Cupertino tech giant in a U.S. court, and is asking the International Trade Comission to block iPhone sales in the U.S. Read more...

Report: Smartphone sales set to triple by 2019

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 09:05:35 +0000

A new report from Ericsson predicts that smartphone usage will triple by the end of this decade, with low-end market playing a key role. Mobile data traffic is also set to see a tenfold increase. Read more...

Rumor: Ericsson's head man Hans Vestberg new Microsoft CEO candidate

John Callaham — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 08:01:42 +0000

A new rumor claims that Microsoft's CEO selection committee has added Ericsson's president and chief operating officer Hans Vestberg to its list as a candidate for Steve Ballmer's job. Read more...

Ericsson closes acquisition of Microsoft Mediaroom

Shreyas Gandhe — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 12:31:02 +0000

Microsoft and Ericsson had announced plans of Ericsson to buy Microsoft's Mediaroom end-to-end IPTV platform, in April 2013. Ericsson has now revealed that the acquisition has completed successfully. Read more...

Microsoft agrees to sell Mediaroom to Ericsson, will focus on Xbox for TV

Anthony Tosie — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:30:06 +0000

Microsoft has entered into an agreement with Ericsson to sell its Mediaroom IPTV business. The deal is expected to close later this year and will make Ericsson the leading IPTV provider. Read more...

Microsoft's MediaRoom IPTV division rumored to be for sale

John Callaham — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:53:12 +0000

Microsoft is rumored to be putting up its MediaRoom IPTV division for sale, with wireless phone network company Ericsson said to be in talks to acquire the IPTV business. Read more...

Mozilla working on way to make Firefox phone calls sans plugin

John Callaham — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 14:34:00 +0000

Mozilla has announced plans to work with AT&T and Ericsson to work on a way for Firefox web browsers to make phone calls without the use of a plugin via the WebRTC standard. Read more...

Rumor: Sony developing Windows Phone product?

John Callaham — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:11:20 +0000

A couple of blurry pictures seem to show a Sony smartphone prototype that is running Microsoft's Windows Phone, suggesting that Sony could be making a Windows Phone-based product. Read more...

Sony Xperia 2011 phones to get Android 4.0 update

John Callaham — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:20:13 +0000

Sony Ericsson has announced that all of its Android-based Xperia smartphones will be updated to accept the new Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) version of Google's mobile operating system. Read more...

Sony buys out Ericsson, continuing their joint venture

Paul Ferson — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:13:43 +0000

Sony has opted to buy out Ericsson's share within their joint Sony Ericsson agreement, giving control of additional patents and also guaranteed continuation of the devices produced by both companies. Read more...