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.

1,600 jobs would be axed by the report came from ST-Ericsson within Monday, as we all know that this company is a joint unprofitable mobile technology venture between Ericsson and STMicroelectronics.

Europe may loose 500-700 employees, Sweden may loose 400-600 employees, 50-60 positions in Germany as a part of ST-Ericsson’s restructuring plan which could put an effect on 1,600 employees.

An eight billion kronor write-off was announced for ST-Ericsson in the final quarter of 2012, already restructuring charge in of  500 million kronor (59.9 million euros, $77.8 million).

$350-$450 million (between 270 million and 347 million euros) cost to be incur this year after split as declared by STMicroelectronics.

Sweden, Germany, India and China were some of the countries where ST-Ericsson sort a headcount of 5,000.

1,800 employees will take over by Swedish company leaving over 900 employees in a Franco-Italian companyfor other activities.

$133 million is the net loss made by mobile platforms and semiconductors in final quarter of 2012.

 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.”

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.

Japan’s top operator, has chosen Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) to organize a develop HSPA radio access network for newly allocated spectrum in the 900MHz band. The network will attribute Ericsson’s newest RBS 6000 multi-standard radio base stations organize in the Tomeihan area, which comprise Japan’s major cities: Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya. As a result, SOFTBANK MOBILE Corp. will be capable to offer its customers broader network coverage and a more improved mobile broadband experience.

SOFTBANK MOBILE Arranges 900MHz Develops HSPA network

Junichi Miyakawa, Executive Vice President, Director & CTO of SOFTBANK MOBILE Corp., says: “We always aim to give our customers our full attention and stay one step ahead by continuously improving our network. Our customers are advanced users of mobile broadband and it is important that we deploy the latest technology to support them and make the best use of our allocated 900MHz band.”

Jan Signell, President of Ericsson Japan, says: “Together with SOFTBANK MOBILE we will build a state-of-the-art, high-performance Evolved HSPA network and further strengthen our leadership in mobile broadband. Ericsson’s network will enable SOFTBANK MOBILE to deliver improved user experiences in speed and connectivity, thereby shaping the Networked Society.”

With Ericsson’s global experience and technology, SOFTBANK MOBILE will be able to quickly make optimal use of the 900MHz band. Ericsson will also help.

About the RBS 6000

The RBS 6000 is a no-compromise, energy-efficient compact multi-standard radio base station site solution that supports GSM/EDGE, WCDMA/HSPA and LTE in a single package. The RBS 6000 is built with state-of-the-art technology and, at the same time, provides backward compatibility with the highly successful RBS 2000 and RBS 3000 product lines. Base stations delivered since 2001 are LTE capable. We call this a revolutionary evolution.

The RBS 6000 family not only ensures a smooth transition to new technology and functionality, thereby minimizing OPEX, but also reduces environmental impact while enabling revenues for new mobile broadband services.

The Indian arm of the global leading telecoms gear manufacturer, Ericsson, is adornment and reorganize staff as it faces unexcited operator expend in an intensely competitive market.

Nearly 22 executives across categories have been fired on performance grounds and another 100 are likely to be transferred to sister organisations like Ericsson India Global Services, Ericsson Supply Site Jaipur, R&D centres and the regional technical centres (RTCs) to boost efficiencies, a top company executive aware of the development told ET.

The Swedish vendor, which nearly doubled its India workforce last year to 12,000, is also undertaking a major “people competence” mapping exer-cise in the country to weed out non-performers.

An Ericsson India spokesperson said the present exercise is aimed at aligning the Swedish vendor’s India operations in terms of people, proc-esses, customer focus and diverse skill sets within the organisation. How-ever, the company stressed that there would be no further lay offs in the ongoing performance review.

“As a global employer brand, our endeavour is to help employees grow by providing opportunities to build competencies. But we constantly review competence and managing non-performance is a normal business opera-tions activity for any high performing organisation with a strong base in India,” added the company spokesperson.

The company, declined to comment on whether its teams managing Etisalat’s networks would be impacted following the UAE telecom opera-tor’s recent decision to shut down its India joint venture.

Ericsson manages eight Etisalat circles in the country and had supposedly signed a Euro 400 million (Rs 2640 crore approx) managed services deal spread over five years, but the company did not confirm.

Under Ericsson’s exercise, internally dubbed as the `India transformation’ process, the company will centralise all customer support functions instead of separate units for top customers likeBharti Airtel, Vodafone or Idea at present.

“Standardisation of key processes, especially those relating to proposal or bid management is aimed at responding faster to customer demands,” said the second executive quoted above.

Ericsson recently reported a 66 per cent decline in its global fourth quarter profit as equipment makers the worldover suffer from price erosion and slow buying.

A top executive with a leading international telecoms equipment maker said it was not so much a battle for market-share anymore as it was about maintaining long-term competitiveness and improving profitability.

“Gone are the days, when vendors could offer themselves as one-stop shops. A lean, mean workforce and focussed concentration on wireless and soft drive solutions is increasingly the order of the day,” he said.

Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) will improve China Telecom’s packet facts allocation node (PDSN), increase its CDMA packet core network and offer allied services for a period of two years. The deal will recover end-user experience; help China Telecom find new sources of income and set the groundwork for a smooth progress to LTE in the future.

This is the first time Ericsson will supply a entire CDMA packet core network solution to China Telecom.

• Breakthrough deal for Ericsson to upgrade China Telecom’s packet data serving node (PDSN), expand the CDMA packet core network and provide related services
• Ericsson’s first Smart Pipe solution customized for CDMA networks will be deployed by China Telecom
• Ericsson’s Smart Pipe solution will optimize the resource utilization of China Telecom’s networks in Zhejiang and Anhui

In addition, Ericsson will also deploy the world’s first smart pipe solution customized for CDMA networks. It will be deployed in the Zhejiang and Anhui provinces.

Ericsson’s solution will play a key role in the development of China Telecom’s packet core network and the operator plans to eventually incorporate it into its CDMA networks across the country. By deploying the solution, China Telecom will be able to optimize the utilization of network resources, target different subscriber segments, and create new sources of revenue.

Mats H. Olsson, President of Ericsson Region China & North East Asia, says: “Ericsson is pleased to cooperate with China Telecom, the world’s largest CDMA operator, in this groundbreaking project. With our rich experience and leading expertise in mobile networks, we’re committed to supporting China Telecom to create a better mobile broadband experience for tens of millions of CDMA subscribers in China.”

Ericsson’s high-performance, end-to-end CDMA solution will enable China Telecom to cost-efficiently provide a full range of services to its 129.25 million CDMA users, including 38.7 million 3G subscribers.

Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) today declared the preamble of small-cell products, with a pico radio base station with included Wi-Fi. It is currently achievable to simply include small cells to the network in the form of Ericsson’s new small RBS products, using both 3GPP-licensed spectrum and unlicensed spectrum such as Wi-Fi, both of which can be elated over the same backhaul.

•  Complements existing RBS 6000 portfolio with introduction of small-cell products, including multi-standard pico RBS with integrated Wi-Fi access
•  Ericsson’s complete portfolio of multi-standard RBS products, from pico to macro, can be deployed together in heterogeneous networks (hetnets) for increased network capacity
•    Ericsson’s hetnet delivers the same services with half the spectrum and throughput gains of 2-10 times compared to using separate vendors for the macro and the small cell layer
•   Ericsson’s coordinated macro and small cells hetnet solution halves the total cost of ownership (TCO) for the small cell layer

Finding new site locations is one of the major issues for operators today and these small RBS products, with their convenient size and flexible backhaul options are the preferred choice in this situation. The new picos strengthen Ericsson’s RBS 6000 portfolio, complementing the macro layer of radio base stations in environments where network traffic is high, to increase network capacity and performance. Along with the pico RBS introduction, Ericsson is releasing an Indoor Pico Gateway, to enable indoor deployments that are fully coordinated with the macro layer.

For operators, delivering the high speeds and reliability of mobile broadband service that equate to an excellent user experience is difficult at the best of times, but it becomes even more of a challenge in a dense urban environment, such as a city center, where a large number of subscribers are concentrated in a relatively small area.

In a scenario such as this, Ericsson suggests increasing the network capacity in the following ways:

·         Improve the macro layer by upgrading the functionality of the existing base stations;

·         Densify the macro layer by increasing the number of cells;

·         Add small cells as a complement to the macro layer.

The best possible solution – the Ericsson approach – is to combine all three into one network.

The integrated nature of Ericsson’s hetnet solution typically offers operators at least a 50 percent lower total cost of ownership for the small cell layer compared to using a multivendor approach. The cost savings are due to integration, flexible backhaul and less complexity in installation and maintenance.

Ulf Ewaldsson, Chief Technology Officer at Ericsson, says: “With Ericsson’s new small RBS products and our unique approach to hetnets, operators can offer the same services with half the spectrum compared to using separate vendors for the small cell layer. By combining an improved and densified macro layer with low-power small cells, very high traffic volumes can be supported. This is the best way forward for operators that want to offer their customers a mobile lifestyle and a truly seamless user experience.”

The pico RBS with integrated Wi-Fi helps to provide a comprehensive solution to heavy traffic needs as part of the hetnet proposition, also providing modular backhaul flexibility with cascading and aggregation support.