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The Weekly Round-Up: 03.07.09
Round-Up Fifty billion devices will be connected to cellular networks in the next decade, according to Ericsson, with one of its execs predicting that years to come could see connectivity spread to some of the very smallest... [03 Jul 2009]
2020: When the world and its toothbrush gets online
News Fifty billion connected devices are coming to cellular networks in the next decade, according to Ericsson - as everyday objects go mobile. Ericsson's VP of systems architecture, Håkan Djuphammar,... [29 Jun 2009]
Orange, Vodafone try outsourcing route to beat the crunch
News Vodafone is to outsource both operations and maintenance to Ericsson. Around 350 Vodafone employees will move to Ericsson. Vodafone's chief technology officer, Jeni Mundy, said in a statement regarding... [19 Mar 2009]
Ericsson racks up 500Mbps speeds over copper
News Ericsson has successfully demonstrated data-transfer speeds of more than 500Mbps over copper, the communications company said on Monday. The data-transfer rates were achieved using a version of digital subscriber line... [17 Mar 2009]
Photos: The world's biggest mobile shindig
Photo Sony Ericsson was among the mobile makers to announce an iPhone rival at the show - previewing a touchscreen smartphone based on the Symbian OS and sporting a 12.1 megapixel camera, Walkman and video playing features. [23 Feb 2009]
Ericsson to slash 5,000 jobs
News The telecoms infrastructure firm Ericsson is to lay off 5,000 workers, after its results for the fourth quarter of 2008 showed a 31 per cent year-on-year drop in profits. Ericsson blamed... [22 Jan 2009]
Vodafone trials notch up 16Mbps
News Vodafone conducted its HSPA+ trials along with the telecoms infrastructure manufacturer Ericsson and the mobile-chipset maker Qualcomm. Vodafone has announced the results of its trials of HSPA+, a... [16 Jan 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 12.12.08
Round-Up The Round-Up tried it on an iPhone and got 'cool' but it got more success on the better half's Sony Ericsson although not in glorious, crisp Helvetica. That's the view of some research by Post Office... [12 Dec 2008]
Don't expect a UK LTE network before 2011
News But don't hold your breath: any rollout of a next generation mobile network in the UK is still years away, says telecoms kit maker Ericsson's UK CTO John Cunliffe. Cunliffe added the top speed of LTE... [25 Nov 2008]
Symbian CEO on open source, Windows Mobile and 'usability'
Comment The company was established a decade ago by Ericsson, Motorola, Nokia and Psion, and by 2006 there were 100 million Symbian phones in the market - a figure that has more than doubled two years later as the smart phone... [07 Oct 2008]
C&W pays £30m for FMC
News Telecoms kit company Ericsson has inked a five-year, £30m contract with telco Cable & Wireless to supply and manage a GSM mobile network that will let C&W sell FMC (fixed mobile convergence) services. [12 Sep 2008]
Sony Ericsson issues SDK for Windows Xperia
News Sony Ericsson has launched an SDK for its first Windows Mobile device, the forthcoming Xperia X1. Sony Ericsson describes the Panels as 'lightweight apps' which enable users to customise the X1's user... [05 Sep 2008]
Nokia buys Symbian and looks to open mobile future
News As with the LiMo open mobile software alliance, The Symbian Foundation has enlisted a raft of members - a launch line up that includes Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, NTT DoCoMo, AT&T, LG Electronics, Samsung... [24 Jun 2008]
Mobile industry takes a shine to dinky USB
News The Open Mobile Terminal Platform (OMTP) - a forum dominated by operators but including manufacturers such as LG, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson - announced its members had agreed on micro-USB as the future... [21 Sep 2007]
Ericsson: Cheap phones mean 4.5 billion users
News The CEO of telecoms giant Ericsson is betting on more than a billion new mobile subscribers signing up before the decade is out. The Ericsson head also believes mobile network traffic... [10 May 2007]
