Ericsson Files Suit Against Apple Over Unlicensed Patents
Ericsson continues to litigate against Apple over patent usage
Apple and Ericsson Engage In Legal Battle Over LTE Patent Royalties
Apple and Ericsson launch new legal battle over LTE patent royalties
Verizon, Ericsson Detail LTE Multicast Strategy For Indy 500
Verizon will be testing LTE Multicast again this weekend with the 98th running of the Indy 500
STMicroelectronics, Ericsson End Mobile Chip Joint Venture And Split Up
STMicroelectronics and Ericsson announce the end of their mobile chipset joint venture after four years of losses totaling $2.7 billion
T-Mobile USA Aims for LTE Next Year, Picks Ericsson for Network Hardware
T-Mobile selects Ericsson to help expedite their LTE rollout, with the goal of launching LTE some time next year.
Sony to Fully Acquire Sony Ericsson Joint Venture
Sony early this morning announced that it would be fully acquiring the Sony Ericsson joint venture from partner Ericsson. The transaction will close for slightly over one billion Euro dollars. The relationship between Sony and Ericsson has been one of the more enduring and straining relationships in wireless. Born in the 2G era, shortly after […]
Ericsson Announces HD CDMA Voice Protocol
Network hardware manufacturer Ericsson has announced the completion of the first call using its new HD CDMA codec for voice calls over CDMA2000 networks. The call was completed utilizing hardware provided by Qualcomm in a lab setting and is claimed to reduce listening fatigue by encoding speech in the new Enhanced Variable Rate Codec Narrowband-Wideband […]
AT&T Picks Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson for Early LTE Gear
AT&T has announced that they have selected Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson to provide LTE hardware for their initial deployment of the 4G technology. The announcement comes with little surprise or fanfare; both companies already provide UMTS hardware for AT&T’s 3G network. The change will allow for AT&T to more easily transition to LTE by using compatible […]
Ericsson to Manage Sprint Cellsite Network
Confirming months of rumors and speculation, Sprint has announced that it has entered into a maintenance agreement with Ericsson to manage and maintain Sprint’s CDMA and iDEN cellsite network, with 6,000 Sprint employees tranferring to Ericsson’s control. The agreement is set for a seven year term with total cost between $4.5 and $5 billion for […]
Ericsson Signs First LTE Patent Licensing Agreements
Ericsson has announced that it has completed its first LTE patent licensing agreements with companies looking to license the nascent technology. The current agreements signed deal exclusively with the LTE standard, but the telecommunications platform developer and solution provider has also stated plans for current GSM and W-CDMA licensing agreements with other companies to be […]