Sony Buys Out Ericsson
BY Adam E. John Sony will acquire Ericsson’s 50 per cent stake in Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, making the mobile handset business a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony. As part of the transaction,...
View ArticleSprint Nextel Gets $1 Billion To Go Equipment Shopping
[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Sprint Nextel has entered into a new $1 billion credit facility with Deutsche Bank and a syndicate of other banks to finance equipment purchases from Ericsson for Network Vision....
View ArticleReliance, Ericsson Sign $1B Services Contract
[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Reliance Communications, a fully integrated telecommunications service provider from India, has signed an eight-year, full-scope, managed services agreement with Ericsson for $1...
View ArticleEricsson, STMicroelectronics Dissolve JV
Ericsson, STMicroelectronics have inked an agreement to dissolve their four-year old joint venture ST-Ericsson. Under the terms of the agreement, the respective companies will absorb the employees that...
View ArticleNokia Siemens, Ericsson, Huawei Start OSS Interoperability Initiative
Nokia Siemens Networks, Ericsson and Huawei have initiated and signed a MoU for an Operations Support System Interoperability Initiative (OSSii). The OSSii aims to simplify interoperability between OSS...
View ArticleMirantis Raises $10M
Ericsson, Red Hat, and SAP Ventures, along with existing investor WestSummit Capital, have invested $10 million in the second round of Series A financing for OpenStack systems integrator Mirantis....
View ArticleDish, NTelos Launch Fixed Wireless Broadband Pilot
Dish and nTelos have deployed broadband service in rural Virginia using wireless spectrum in the 2.5 GHz range. Broadband service speeds at the initial test sites are ranging from 20 Mbps to more than...
View ArticleFacebook Leads Partnership To Bridge Digital Divide
Over 4.5 billion of the 7 billion people on Earth don’t have Internet access. Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, and a champion of immigration reforms with fwd.us, is now working towards...
View ArticleEricsson, Samsung End Patent Dispute
Ericsson and Samsung settled their patent dispute, ending complaints made by both companies against each other before the International Trade Commission, as well as the lawsuits before the U.S....
View ArticleEricsson Acquires Majority Stake In Apcera
Ericsson has acquired a majority stake in Apcera. In addition, the company has made a ‘significant commitment’ to fund future Apcera operations and fuel growth and sales channel expansion. The all-cash...
View ArticleRivada Networks announces team partners in FirstNet LTE network bid
Rivada Mercury, a U.S. company formed by global communications companies, have announced the team that is bidding to build America’s first nationwide 4G LTE broadband wireless network for public...
View ArticleResin.io raises $9M
Resin.io, a Seattle-based company that provides a DevOps management platform for connected devices for Linux-based developers, has secured $9 million in funding. DFJ, GE Ventures, Ericsson, and Aspect...
View ArticleWiLAN, Ericsson enter into patent licensing agreement
Wi-LAN, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Quarterhill, has entered into a wireless patent license agreement with Ericsson, according to a statement issued by Wi-LAN. The license agreement resolves the LTE...
View ArticleBill & Melinda Gates Foundation releases open source software for payment...
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has released an open-source software for creating payment platforms, that the foundation says will help unbanked people around the world access digital financial...
View ArticleBell Canada to use Ericsson’s software-defined cloud-based TV platform
Bell Canada will use MediaFirst, a software-defined cloud-based TV platform from the Ericsson stable. The post Bell Canada to use Ericsson’s software-defined cloud-based TV platform appeared first on...
View ArticleTrifacta raises $48 million
Trifacta has raised $48 million in financing. The post Trifacta raises $48 million appeared first on TechTaffy.
View ArticleSprint, Ericsson working on IoT-dedicated core and operating system
Sprint and Ericsson have inked a global relationship to build a distributed and virtualized core network dedicated specifically to IoT (Internet of Things), in addition to an IoT operating system. The...
View ArticleEricsson, Intel collaborating on software-defined infrastructure
Ericsson and Intel have inked a multi-year collaboration to align ongoing development efforts in software-defined infrastructure (SDI) and Rack Scale Design. In a statement, the companies said they are...
View ArticleEricsson selected by SoftBank to deliver cloud native dual-mode 5G Core
Ericsson has been selected by SoftBank to deliver cloud native 5G Core for SoftBank’s 5G standalone network, Ericsson said in a statement. The solution, which includes Cloud Packet Core, Cloud Unified...
View ArticleT-Mobile launches 5G advance network solutions; partners with Dell, Ericsson,...
T-Mobile has launched 5G Advanced Network Solutions (ANS), a managed network solution, partnering with Dell Technologies, Ericsson and Nokia. 5G ANS offers users different networking options —...
View ArticleEricsson partners with Jio to build 5G Standalone network in India
Ericsson has entered into a long-term 5G contract with Indian communications service provider (CSP) Reliance Jio Infocomm to roll out 5G Standalone (SA) in the country. The announcement follows the...
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