Recently a business deal has been struct between telecom giant equipment maker Ericsson & world’s largest software Corp. Microsoft regarding IPTV Mediaroom to provide television facilities in handset via.internet.

If the deal really happens then Ericsson will become the prime global leader in IPTV markets.

As per news the deal will close in the second quarter of 2013 & company is not yet revealing the price of this deal. Already worldwide more than 400 employees working in Mediaroom located at Mountain View, California.

Again Ericsson predicted that the IPTV subscribers will hit 76 million subscribers by 2013 & 105 million subscribers in 2015.

The technology via which different types of multimedia contents can be transmitted over telecom & cable networks through internet can be regarded as IPTV. The main moto of Ericsson is to supply mobile companies this new technology so that the mobile firm can compete with cable, satellite and web-based media providers.

Ericsson Senior Vice President and Head of Business Unit Support Solutions Per Borgklint commented that ”This acquisition contributes to a leading position for Ericsson with more than 40 customers, serving over 11 million subscriber households.”

There was a dispute arose betweem Swedish Telecom gear maker Ericsson & Samsung another electronics based korean firm who has filed a counter petition in U.S. court.

In the recent years legal battle has been fought between several technology based firms where cut throat competitions has been prevailed like Apple has sought to get its market share & to re-occupy billions of dollars investment in research & development wings.

Actually the reason behind Samsung was put to justice as on different cases company has failed to sign license agreements on the technological backgrounds used on behalf of Ericsson.

 As per Samsung commented Ericsson has overcharged them, so Samsung has filed a petition in the district court of Texas.

Ericsson was alleged by Samsung on the terms of breaking the patent rights of technology where Ericsson’s base assumes to be the strongest & Samsung is gradually expanding its network.

Samsung’s Court Document stated that “Ericsson seeks to extract a usurious ransom that dwarfs the amounts paid by Samsung in two prior agreements (with Ericsson) as well as the payments made by any other Ericsson licensee,”

Ericsson was alleged on behalf of infringing its network technology patents as per Samsung commented.

In 2012 6.6 billion is the patent revenue arosed from Swedish Company’s end which up from last year 2011 i.e. 6.2 billion & 4.6 billion in 2010. 225 billion was the total revenues arosed from Ericsson’s whole business last year.

 Ericsson  the Swedish telco equipment maker has appointed a new head for India, his name is Chris Houghton.

As per company’s statement Mr. Houghton will directly report to Asia-Pacific Senior Vice President Mats H Olsson.

 There were different designations attached with Mr. Houghton appointment as a Head of Customer Unit UK and Ireland and Managing Director Ericsson UK will be put to effect from June 2013.

 Already Mr. Hughton who has worked for twenty-five years after heading to the UK from Japan, Sweden & Hungary.

Hans Vestberg, Ericsson President and CEO “Together with the team in India he (Houghton) will work to extend our footprint in the region and assisting our customers in their work to capture value in a rapidly transforming telecoms market.”

Houghton said “India is a strategic region for Ericsson. I am excited to lead the legacy of 110 years in India. Ericsson’ commitment to India’s telecom growth is steadfast.”

Ericsson has signed a 8 years full managed service aggreement with Reliance Communication of 1 Billion USD to operate wireline & wireless networks in North & Western India.

The contract only states that Ericsson will take care of day to day field operations,maintenance & network planning of Reliance Communication GSM, CDMA & WCDMA mobile networks. Actually to meet the world’s most dynamic telecom markets, the demand for customer is evolving rapidly to access the communication applications.

Ericsson will cover 11 telecom circles including telco infra & expanding 100,000 km of fiber routes. So, RCom Infra covers around  24,000 towns and 600,000 villages in India where company will deploy services like voice, data and video. Some operations like Fiber, Tower Operations, Wireless Networks and Wireline Access networks will be streanlined by RCom by Ericsson to serve RCom’s wireless division & Global Enterprise Business product line.

To carry out the operational efficiency by maintaining cost & through consolidation company new tools, best procedures & practices.

“Given the complexity of network increasing with platforms, technologies and application offerings, we are banking on the experience, innovation and  technical expertise of Ericsson to improve the productivity of our network and ensure that it delivers to its full potential. We are confident that they will exceed the expectations of our customers through optimization of resources and provide us cost effective solutions.” comment told by Chief Executive Officer, Wireless Business, Reliance Communications Mr. Gurdeep Singh.

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Etisalat one of the largest telco opertor in Middle-East has announced to deploy LTE network with the help of its new partner named ” Ericsson”. As per agreement Ericsson will provides its mult-standard base station named as RBS 6000 for carrying out the implementation of 4G network.

As per Ericsson this kind of base station is actually good for environmental condition together with operting expenses providing ultra fast mobile broadband services.

Etisalat CEO Saeed ElHamly in Egypt told that” voice & data services popularity is day by day increasing. This is why we are always striving to cater to our subscribers’ needs by continuously upgrading our network and adopting the latest technology.”

This deal will help us to cater the mobile subscriber base with good coverage & faster internet speed. This unique partnership will help to transform radio network into converged information and telecom services, which will allow for energy-efficient and cost-effective operations.

As per CTO of Etisalat Egypt  Haitham AbdulRazzak said that” Etisalat will invest to upgrade its technology that enhance service experiences for customers by maintaining technology and broadband leadership in the market.

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Recently huge contract given to Ericsson & Huawei by Saudi Arabian telecommunications provider Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) to expand 3G & 4G networks which worth around 256 million dollar.

To strengthen the data services, Mobily one of the second largest operator is expanding its network where some analysts think there is more room for profit growth.

Already in the kingdom Mobily networks covers 96 percent of the total population.As well as expanding the networks will the help of common lives.

Mobily told in a report that Swedish telecom company Ericsson signed a contract for SR563 million and China’s Huawei signed one for SR400 million.

CEO Khalid Al-Kaf said in a statement within a year the 3G as well as 4G network project will expand. The up gradation will be completed on first half of the year.

Though LTE was developed to carry data rather voice & works on double speed as compared to 3G.But reason behind its slow growth is the lack of use LTE-enabled handsets.

As per Reuter’s  Mobily’s average gross profit to grow by 5.1 percent to SR1.78 billion ($465 million). — SG.

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Ericsson will cut 1,550 positions from its main center in Sweden to drive down the cost suffer by the company globally.

Since the number of new devices rapidly increasing & the profit in Ericsson’s core department has dropped up to 42% due to the slower orders from the operators end. The company also said that the world now concentrates on cost cuts.

Almost 1,550 staffs may lie off from 17,768 currently employed as per company’s statement.

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Tomas Qvist, head of human resources at Ericsson said in a statement “We must ensure that we can continue to execute on our strategy to maintain our market leadership, invest in R&D and meet our customers’ needs,” To secure this we need to focus on reducing cost, driving commercial excellence and operational effectiveness. This will enable us to secure our future competitiveness.

Sales, general and administration, research and development, supply and service delivery are some of the affected positions.

 Author: Biswajit Biswas (Technical Writer)

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Omantel the top level operator in Sultanate of Oman having more than 2.7 million subscribers has decided to launch LTE/4G network with the help of Ericsson.

The most truthful reason to launch this new network is to enhance the mobile-broadband experience with higher data speeds & faster access to some newly launched multimedia applications.

Recently in news report COO of Omantel Samy Ahmed Abdulqadir Al Ghassany said that the Ericsson’s overall track record in LTE has proved best in the world. We are positive that, through this collaboration, we will be able to provide our customers with the best end-user.

The agreement between these two companies will not only benefit the subscribers together with enhanced network quality & higher operational efficiency.

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Ray Hassan, President Ericsson Gulf Countries, said: “Omantel will gain deployment flexibility and simplicity from LTE by providing best in class services to their valued customers. The continuous evolution of Omantel’s network performance demonstrates the strength of our ongoing partnership, and also demonstrates Ericsson’s commitment to deploying high-quality networks for customers using Ericsson’s LTE technology. We will continue to enhance the strategic partnership with Omantel to build an advanced mobile broadband network in Oman, “Ericsson and Omantel share a longstanding relationship which goes back more than 30 years.

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Video-sharing and streaming in elevated meaning, assist mobility and comfortable multimedia satisfied, improved security and enhanced latency are one of the many compensation that LTE user might like. And soon SOFTBANK MOBILE’s users will be capable to allocate these recompense, thanks to a latest LTE network convention signed by SOFTBANK MOBILE with Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC). 

The Ericsson network will cover Japan’s major cities – Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya – which together account for 70 percent of the country’s total data and voice traffic. SOFTBANK MOBILE is currently Japan’s third-largest mobile operator, with more than 29 million subscribers.

Ericsson will upgrade SOFTBANK MOBILE’s packet core network, including systems integration and deployment of an Evolved Packet Core (EPC) solution, and build a new LTE radio access network using RBS 6000 multi-standard base stations. This will allow SOFTBANK MOBILE users to experience the best possible networks in one of the world’s most densely populated areas such as Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya.

Junichi Miyakawa, Executive Vice President, Director and CTO of SOFTBANK MOBILE Corp., says: “To fulfill our customers’ expectations, we continue to improve our networks. With LTE, customers get increased speed and decreased latency, while they will enjoy a wide range of new services and applications. With Ericsson’s support, we will be able to offer our customers high quality LTE services.”

Jan Signell, President of Ericsson Japan, says: “During 2012, many new smartphones, notebooks and tablets with LTE capabilities will be launched in Japan. This will lead to a strong increase in consumer demand for higher data speeds and throughput – a demand that SOFTBANK MOBILE will be able to meet thanks to the state-of-the-art LTE network that we will rapidly deploy.

“I am especially proud that SOFTBANK MOBILE has selected Ericsson to build this LTE network in its most dense service areas, where the consumers are most demanding.”

Ericsson has signed 45 LTE/EPC contracts in 23 countries on five continents. The global LTE population coverage is 325 million, of which 215 million are covered by Ericsson networks.

LTE, the next generation of mobile communication technology, enables the fast transfer of huge amounts of data in an efficient and cost-effective way, optimizing the use of the frequency spectrum. With increased speed and decreased latency, consumers can enjoy a wide range of applications – such as lag-free web browsing, online gaming, social media and video conferencing – effortlessly, while on the move. LTE will meet the demands of new and enhanced mobile internet applications of the future.

Ericsson continues to drive open standards and has had the greatest influence on the LTE specifications released to date. Ericsson expects to hold 25 percent of all essential patents related to LTE, which will make it the standard’s largest single patent holder.

Ericsson nowadays proclaims the conclusion of its acquirement of BelAir Networks, a North American carrier-grade Wi-Fi company. This achievement gives Ericsson a sturdy carrier-grade Wi-Fi selection, technological capability, IPR, and recognized customer contracts and dealings.

Ericsson inclusive acquirement of BelAir Networks

Today’s closing follows the announcement on February 21, 2012 that Ericsson had entered into an agreement to acquire 100 percent of the shares in BelAir Networks.

“We are gaining BelAir Networks’ leading position in carrier-grade Wi-Fi equipment both in terms of installed base and product portfolio. By integrating BelAir Networks’ talented people and these new assets into Ericsson’s mobile infrastructure leadership, we will accelerate the integration of Wi-Fi and cellular technologies and strengthen our heterogeneous network (hetnet) offering,” said Johan Wibergh, Executive Vice President and head of business unit Networks, Ericsson.

“We welcome BelAir Networks’ 120 employees to Ericsson. Together we can deliver the industry’s first integrated Wi-Fi cellular offering to Ericsson’s global customer base in 180 countries, to enhance consumers’ mobile broadband experience,” continued Wibergh.

The former BelAir Networks’ staff will be integrated into the Ericsson group in business unit Networks over the coming months and will work under the Ericsson brand effective today. Ericsson is committed to ongoing evolution of BelAir Networks’ former customer networks and the assurance of a seamless business transition.