A brief roundup of recent Ericsson news underlines the company’s diverse capabilities, encompassing cognitive software in the Middle East, uplink record-breaking in Brazil and, through an affiliate, network maintenance in Montenegro.
A reminder that African connectivity is no longer entirely about mobile phones comes in the form of an announcement from Liquid Networks, part of technology solutions group Liquid Intelligent Technologies, which has unveiled a high-speed internet product called Liquid Home.
Huawei has confirmed the unexpected death of its long-serving executive Ding Yun, also known as Ryan Ding, at age 53.
Hard on the heels of the announcement of the official inauguration of its new office in Hyderabad, wireless technology company Silicon Labs has told local media that it plans to take its India office headcount to 1,500 professionals by 2025.
Hard on the heels of the headline news about India’s first 5G services going live, a number of other announcements from the private sector have underlined the opportunity next generation technology is seen as offering Indian tech companies.
Ericsson is boosting the scale of one of its Indian manufacturing plants to meet demand for 5G equipment from its customers in the market.
Ericsson stated it is providing only software and technical support to clients in Russia, not selling gear to operators as Swedish media claimed, reported Reuters.
Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology group, has had a busy week in which it has announced a satcoms deal with Eutelsat Communications for its Liquid Intelligent Technologies business and a partnership with AWS for its Liquid Cloud division.
Ericsson will equip Malaysia’s special 5G wholesale company Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) with its new antenna-integrated radio AIR 3268, which it claimed will reduce energy consumption for the country's national 5G network.
Samsung did not rule out resuming stock shipments to Russia after the Korean company suspended orders in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine, reported Reuters.
Intracom Telecom has announced its complete exit from the Russian market in the framework of the European Union sanctions on Russia imposed on February 25th 2022.
ZTE and China Unicom have completed the industry's first trial of integrated sensing, computation, control and communication on a drone at a low altitude in Shanghai.
ZTE’s H1 results for 2022 painted a rosy picture, with the Chinese vendor’s operating revenue up 12.7% year-on-year alongside a 12% increase to its net profit.
Infrastructure vendor Nokia said it will exit Russia before the end of this year, while rival Ericsson is in the process of winding down its operations, moves that were spurred in the wake of the war in Ukraine.
Ericsson has partnered with multinational wireless communications engineering company SkyMax Network, in a move to construct a next-generation 5G broadband network and deliver digital services across sub-Saharan Africa.
ZTE announced that its CEO Xu Ziyang was awarded the Outstanding Contribution to the Asia Mobile Industry Award at the GSMA’s Asia Mobile Awards (The AMOs) 2022 in Hong Kong on July 29th.
Oppo was found to have evaded in total INR43.8 billion (US$550m) in customs duty by the Indian government, the smartphone maker is the latest Chinese company to face intense scrutiny and raids in India.
ICT network solutions, satellite connectivity and infrastructure company the Paratus Group has said it is on the verge of establishing a highly sophisticated network hub in Angola.
Chinese smartphone vendor Vivo requested the Indian government to unfreeze its bank accounts to resume operations as raids on the company “jeopardised its very existence”.
Nokia and the Indian Institute of Science opened a centre of excellence (CoE) to develop the vendor’s capabilities in robotics and advanced communication technologies in 5G and AI.
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The Kenyan Communications Authority (KCA) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Huawei to spur the growth of 5G in the country.
There’s been some good news for telecoms giant Ericsson after four of its former executives were acquitted in Sweden early this week on charges of bribing high-ranking Djibouti officials.
In a recent collaboration, ZTE, Qualcomm and Thai operator AIS have conducted the world’s first NR DC trial using the 2.6GHz and 26GHz bands. We spoke to ZTE’s Vice President Bai Yang and Qualcomm’s VP Engineering & Regional head of SEA Ehsanul Islam to discuss the significance of the trial, including how it will help AIS differentiate its 5G offering in Thailand.
Nokia has expanded its 4G and 5G base station manufacturing capabilities by signing a partnership with Turkish electronics manufacturer Karel.
Romania’s Supreme Council of National Defence (CSAT) has approved Ericsson as a supplier of 5G network equipment, two months after refusing to authorise Nokia as a 5G provider.
Google’s first-ever African product development centre is to open in Nairobi, underlining the importance to the company of the African market and its growing base of internet users.
Hard on the heels of Ericsson suspending all business in Russia, Nokia has announced that it will exit the market.
Ericsson has confirmed that it will indefinitely suspend its business in Russia.
Thai operator AIS, Qualcomm and ZTE announced claimed to launch the first in the field demonstration of 5G NR-DC (New Radio Dual Connectivity), a move that could potentially enhance Thailand’s 5G network and expand its use cases.
Nokia has signed an agreement with Etisalat UAE to deploy 5G private wiles networks to various industries in the region.
Several of Ericsson’s investors have rejected the vendor’s proposal to clear its CEO and certain board members of liability over the alleged payment of bribes to military groups in Iraq.
Nokia has signed a ten-year deal with T-Mobile Polska (T-Mobile Poland) to modernise its infrastructure and prepare the operator for further 5G deployments, a move that also increases Nokia’s presence in the operator to 50%.
Ericsson has announced a comprehensive review is being conducted by its new legal chief to get to the bottom of the company’s dealings in Iraq while backing chief executive Börje Ekholm to remain in charge despite the scandal.
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