Tagged: Ericsson
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Next-generation network rollout begins with €2.5m testbed News
10.03.2010 Ireland’s next-generation network (NGN) rollout has started subtly with the creation of a €2.5m NGN Test Centre at Waterford Institute of Technology, involving Enterprise... -
Ericsson Q4 profits slump 92pc, cuts further 1,500 jobs News
25.01.2010 Swedish telecoms giant Ericsson has reported a 92pc slump in net profits for the last three months of 2009 due to falling sales and the rising costs of a restructuring plan.Tags: Ericsson, -
World’s first LTE 4G network goes live in Scandinavia News
14.12.2009 TeliaSonera has become the first operator in the world to launch LTE-based 4G mobile services commercially to customers in Stockholm in Sweden and Oslo in Norway.Categories: Comms -
ICT service revenues return to growth News
11.12.2009 ICT service revenues increased on a sequential basis to $59.8 billion in the third quarter, after declining for the previous six quarters in a row. -
Digital research projects’ innovative escape from ‘Valley of Death’ News
20.11.2009 The National Digital Research Centre is the sole collaboration centre in Ireland where all research projects have a clear commercial objective and can escape the lamentable...Categories: R&D -
Remote-control Bond cars closer to reality than you think News
03.11.2009 In the spy thriller movie Tomorrow Never Dies, secret agent James Bond employs an Ericsson mobile phone to control his BMW 750iL, outdriving a horde of gun-wielding bad guys in...Categories: Comms, Digital Life -
Ericsson profits slump 71.5pc in third quarter News
22.10.2009 Profits at the Swedish telecoms firm Ericsson have slumped by 71.5pc during the third quarter, as the group absorbed heavy restructuring charges, falling handset sales and...Categories: BusinessTags: Ericsson, Mobile Broadband, -
EU invests €18m to support Long Term Evolution of mobile News
19.08.2009 The European Union has injected a fresh €18m in future ultra high-speed mobile internet technology Long Term Evolution – which is 10 times faster than 3G – and it hopes will... -
Ericsson to cut over 300 local jobs News
05.02.2009 Swedish mobile technology giant Ericsson is to reduce its Irish workforce by 20pc as part of the sweeping job cuts occurring at the company, with some 340 jobs to go in Dublin...Categories: BusinessTags: Ericsson, Sony Ericsson, -
Software companies huddle for competitive ‘Scrum’ positions News
03.02.2009 A Skillnet programme aimed at making Irish software companies more productive has been sold out and the Irish Software Association has established a waiting list for the next one.Categories: CIO -
Eircom Q3 revenues up 5pc to €515m News
28.05.2008 Incumbent operator Eircom this morning reported a 5pc increase in third-quarter revenues to €515m and an 11pc increase in group EBITDA of €175m. The company is also spearheading... -
‘Phone tag’ is costing businesses €700m a year News
25.01.2008 The endless leaving of voicemails and playing ‘phone tag’ that is the lot of the modern office worker is costing the Irish economy almost €700m a year, new research claims.Categories: Comms -
Firms opt for hybrid rather than full IP networks News
22.10.2007 Belief in the telecoms industry that businesses would energetically seise the opportunity to move towards full internet protocol (IP) networking have proven unfounded, a senior...Categories: Comms -
Sony Ericsson bullish after record results News
17.01.2007 Sony Ericsson has set itself a target of breaking into the top three mobile phone rankings after having posted a record set of annual results earlier today. -
Ericsson buys Marconi for £1.2bn sterling News
25.10.2005 It emerged this morning that Swedish communications giant Ericsson beat Alcatel and Siemens in a battle to buy UK communications firm Marconi in a deal worth around £1.2bn...Categories: BusinessTags: Ericsson -
Sony Ericsson unveils Walkman mobile phones News
16.02.2005 Sony Ericsson is to launch a series of mobile phones with music playing capability under the Walkman brand. The first of these will be launched next month and further models are...Categories: New Media -
HP and Ericsson in unified messaging alliance News
18.02.2004 In what has been a major day for Hewlett-Packard’s aspirations for the mobile front, the computing giant signed a major unified messaging pact with Ericsson that would result in...Categories: Business