Airtel Africa is expanding its strategic partnership with Ericsson to enable 4G coverage in Kenya using Ericsson’s Radio Access Network (RAN) and packet core products for 4G. The network modernization deal will simplify and upgrade the existing network while future-proofing it for the anticipated and rapid expansion of mobile connectivity ...
MTN in partnership with Ericsson has announced that it will begin the first 5G technology trial in Africa. The 5G trial with MTN achieved a throughput of more than 20Gbps with less than 5ms latency, which is the highest achieved on a mobile network in Africa. The 5G trial is ...
Ericsson has sued smartphone maker Wiko, in the regional courts of Düsseldorf and Mannheim in Germany, for infringement of patents essential for 2G, 3G and 4G cellular technology, as well as implementation patents. Wiko has been infringing Ericsson’s intellectual property rights for six years without any license or compensation. Ericsson ...
Ericsson and Tanzanian mobile network operator Tigo have partnered to launch the first of a series of rural pilot tower sites to provide mobile broadband coverage in Chiwale and Mingumbi in Lindi Mtwara region, in rural Tanzania. The partnership is part of a pilot infrastructure-sharing partnership brokered by the ...
Nuvu, Ericsson's SVOD will distribute 20th Century Fox TV's DreamWorks Animation-produced titles along with an extensive selection of global film franchises for territories across sub-Saharan Africa in multiple language. Titles include How to Train Your Dragon 2, Penguins of Madagascar, Home and Mr. Peabody & Sherman. In a statement, Thorsten ...
Kenya's Illuminium Greenhouses has been named winner of the Ericsson Innovation award for sub-Saharan Africa for its smart greenhouse concept that uses sensors and mobile technology. The team walks away with USD 10 000 and an entry into the Ericsson global Innovation Awards that takes place in early 2017. According ...
Struggling Ericsson has named Börje Ekholm as new CEO, effective January 16, 2017 with full support of the firm's largest shareholder, Investor. In July this year former Ericsson’s CEO and president Hans Vestberg was ousted and immediately replaced with the Executive V.P and CFO Jan Frykhammar citing mismanagement and failure to ...
Ericsson's subscription video on demand (VOD) service, Nuvu has acquired more than 2,500 hours of content from international distributors including Viacom (MTV, BET, Nickelodeon), MGM, CBS, Al Jazeera, DHX Media and Mattel. Some of the titles include globally recognized hit TV franchises such as Hawaii Five-O, Next Top Model, CSI: Miami, ...
Startups and innovators from the sub-Saharan region can now register for the Ericsson Innovation Awards (EIA) that will see one of them walk away with USD 10,000. The global version of the EIA will be launched later in the year. The theme of this year’s competition is "The Future of ...
MTN Ghana has selected Ericsson to deploy a new LTE network in the Greater Accra region in a move that will enable MTN to offer its 16 million subscribers high-quality mobile broadband experiences based on HSPA and LTE technologies. Under the agreement, Ericsson will install its multi-standard radio solution which ...
Jean-Claude Geha will on July 1 replace Fredrik Jejdling as new head of sub-Saharan Africa to help the firm meet its growing consumer demands and capture new markets for the firm on the continent. Mr Jejdling has been appointed as Head of a new Business Unit, Network Services and a ...
Ericsson has signed a five-year multi-country managed services agreement to manage Smile's 4G/LTE networks across all its operations. The agreement covers the operations of Smile - a 4G/LTE operator - in Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo. Under the agreement, Ericsson will provide a fully managed end-to-end service ...
Technology giant Ericsson has been chosen as the leader in LTE within the "Leaders" quadrant of its 2015 Magic Quadrant for LTE Infrastructure report by Gartner, Inc., the information technology research and advisory company. The report examines vendors of end-to-end (radio and core) LTE network infrastructure and positions them based ...
Ericsson, Coca-Cola, Tigo Rwanda and Solar Kiosk are piloting EKOCENTER, a social enterprise initiative designed to empower community well-being by bringing safe water, solar power and mobile communications, as well as basic goods and services to underserved communities. In a statement made available to TechMoran, Tongai Maramba, CEO of Tigo ...
After a similar deal last year with Airtel in Ghana, Ericsson has launched an e-waste collection and awareness drive in Benin in with partnership with MTN Benin. The deal is expected to see the two take on the 48.9 million tons problem globally. The firms have set up a collection ...
Airtel Ghana, is working with Ericsson to minimize the potential environmental impact associated with e-waste under Ericsson's Ecology Management Product Take-Back program. The program ensures that end-of-life material is waste-treated in an environmentally responsible manner. Ericsson aims to provide free product retrieval and safe disposal services that has reached its ...
Ericsson has announced a number of solutions that deliver new television experiences for consumers while providing operators with the tools to increase revenue, build customer loyalty and drive new business The latest release of the industry-leading IPTV platform, Ericsson Mediaroom elevates the TV viewing experience, delivering a host of new ...
Ericsson has unveiled its real-time platform that supports live captioning in various languages for broadcasters around the world using speech-to-text, newsroom integration, and rapid offline content preparation. The enterprise-level, schedule-driven software platform, which was developed in-house, uses the best possible speech recognition and stenography technologies to power Ericsson’s live captioning ...
SingTe, in partnership with Ericsson and Samsung, has unveiled the world’s first commercial 300Mbps 4G LTE-Advanced service for smartphones in Nigeria. The service became accessible this week when Samsung Galaxy S5 4G+, which is currently the first smartphone worldwide to be compatible with 4G LTE-Advanced networks, was launched in Singapore. ...
In the drive to enhance and deliver network field maintenance services and improve network quality in Cairo, Egypt, Ericsson has for the first time signed a three year services agreement with Vodafone Egypt. "Ericsson has proved to be a steadfast partner throughout our years of partnership. With this agreement, we aim ...
Ericsson has achieved speeds of 5 Gbps in live, over-the-air demonstrations of the company’s pre-standard 5G network technology despite 5G implementation in commercial mobile networks being expected in 2020. According to the Ericsson Mobility Report (June, 2014), 85 percent of North American mobile subscriptions will be LTE by 2019. This ...
IMG:www.radiofreewebtv.com Phone users accessed 76,000 TB (terabyte) of data per month this year, double the 2013 figure of 37,500 TB per month according to Ericsson's June 2014 Sub-Saharan Africa Ericsson Mobility Report. In 2015 the figures are expected to double again with mobile phone users accessing ...
Today at the Mobile World Congress, Ericsson and Facebook announced they will launch a joint innovation lab dubbed the Internet.org Innovation Lab to provide an environment and expertise for optimizing applications, networks, devices and services for the next five billion Internet users. Ericsson will provide Facebook and application developers the ...
Ericsson CTO Erik Ekudden Ericsson, a global provider of telecoms infrastructure and services wants greater collaboration between the continent’s telecoms industry regulators and infrastructure providers to enhance provision of more cost-efficient services to the end-users. Erik Ekudden, Ericsson’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO), speaking in Nairobi during ...
Ericsson has been named by Gartner, a leading worldwide IT research and advisory firm, as an LTE industry leader within the "Leaders" quadrant in its “2013 Magic Quadrant for LTE Infrastructure” report for the fourth year in a row. Gartner evaluated end-to-end vendors of LTE equipment (radio and core) based ...
