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Taiwanese mobile operator Far EasTone selects Ericsson for 5G rollout
Swedish vendor Ericsson has been selected by Taiwanese mobile operator Far EasTone (FET) to act as its 5G Radio Access Network (RAN) vendor. Read more…
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US 5G war on Huawei gets even dumber with bizarre Barr idea
US Attorney General Barr suggests the US should buy control of Nokia and Ericsson to counter Huawei’s 5G market dominance. Holy crap, what a stupid idea. Read more…
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Ericsson pulls out of MWC citing fears over coronavirus risk
Ericsson is the latest company to pull out of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona later this month over coronavirus fears. Read more…
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5G subscriptions to top 2.6bn, cover 65% population end 2025
Ericsson expects 5G subscriptions to top 2.6 billion, cover up to 65% of the world’s population and handle 45% of global mobile data traffic by the end of 2025. Read more…
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Survey says consumers willing to pay 20% more for 5G. Really?
Ericsson, bless them, went to the trouble of interviewing 35,000 consumers about the perceived value of 5G and they will pay 20% extra for 5G. Really? Read more…
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Report busts industry myths on value of 5G to consumers
Ericsson has released a new ConsumerLab report, 5G Consumer Potential, that busts industry myths surrounding the value of 5G for consumers Read more…
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What can we make of the gloomy Ericsson BSS announcement?
When Ericsson announces that it has hit a road block with its major BSS product you have to wonder what message it sends to the market. Read more…
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SoftBank networks hit by Ericsson software glitch
SoftBank, the third largest mobile operator inJapan, suffered a service disruption on its mobile and fixed-line networks due to faulty software from its equipment supplier Ericsson, which also impacted the vendor’s customers outside of Japan. Read more…
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Ericsson predicts 1.5 billion 5G subscriptions by 2024
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Swedish mobile network telecom gear maker Ericsson sees 5G subscriptions growing by 50% in 2024 to 1.5 billion, covering more than 40% of the world’s population. North America and northeast Asia are Read more…
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Ericsson taps WNC to supply 5G hotspots for customer trials
Ericsson says it has contracted Taiwan-based ODM Wistron NeWeb (WNC) to deliver 5G mobile hotspot routers to be used in customer trials starting this month. The device is based on a Qualcomm Snapdragon X50 5G Read more…