Ericsson News
Since a radical turnaround in 2003, Ericsson has dominated the wireless infrastructure market. It has built on its leading position in GSM and 3G technologies, and has filled in gaps in its offering via acquisitions, notably of many assets of bankrupt Nortel. This strengthened the Swedish giant’s activities in North America and the CDMA space. The company is under intense competitive pressure from Huawei though, and price wars in the mobile networks market have hurt its margin and sparked a wave of consolidation and cost cutting. These factors have forced Ericsson to broaden its operations and seek higher margin bases, most successfully in managing carriers’ networks on an outsourced basis. It is also developing businesses in fixed/mobile convergence and video, white label services for cellcos, and consulting. In its wireless infrastructure heartland it is leading the first wave of LTE contracts though it expects 3G to be the primary revenue growth generator for the medium term. Ericsson also has some important joint ventures, notably Sony Ericsson for handsets, and ST-Ericsson in chips.
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Ericsson suffers Q4 profit and margin slump
25 January, 2012
North American slowdown, shift to lower profit projects in Europe, and tough joint ventures all pile on the pressure
Ericsson signs patents deal with ZTE
23 January, 2012
As Swedish giant aims to make more money from IPR, it hires new CTO to drive future technology innovations
Ericsson to chase IPR revenue more aggressively
9 November, 2011
CEO sets out plan to offset revenue declines elsewhere with royalties, claims to have widened gap with Huawei
Ericsson beats forecasts on international growth
20 October, 2011
While US business slows, Swedish vendor sees revenue rise by 17% on back of deals in Europe, China and Latin America
North American slowdown may hit Ericsson's Q3
18 October, 2011
As mobile broadband growth shifts eastwards, it will see its margin squeezed in price war with Huawei and others, says Reuters
Ericsson adds in-app payments to IPX
14 October, 2011
Allows developers to support a wider range of mobile commerce business models, boosting carriers' appeal
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