July 4, 2008
Ericsson Power Modules’ eighth brick sized PKB-NG DC/DC bus converter provides an output power of 300W at 42A. With high output power and high efficiency, the converter sits alongside the best products on the market and offers users the opportunity to attain higher power levels in a smaller packaging than traditional quarter brick units.

July 2, 2008
Ericsson announced today it has signed a seven-year loan of SEK 4 billion with the European Investment Bank (EIB). The loan supports Ericsson’s R&D activities to develop the next generation of mobile broadband technology at sites in Kista, Gothenburg and Linköping in Sweden. The investments are being made between 2008 and 2010.

June 18, 2008
In an industry first, Ericsson’s BMR453 series of DC/DC converters uses a digital control platform contained within the modules themselves.  By integrating more into the control circuitry, the concept frees up real estate for greatly improving the power density, simultaneously offered unprecedented levels of control.

June 11, 2008
Compared to existing products available on the market, the output power of Ericsson Power Modules’ eighth-brick PKB-B DC/DC converter is considerably higher. This is an important benefit when customers are looking for higher power in a smaller packaging than traditional quarter-brick, or to achieve higher power from a standard eight-brick when upgrading boards for higher performance.

June 2, 2008
Including the latest, most advanced digital DC/DC converter, Ericsson Power Modules’ MicroTCA power module has gone through extensive interoperability testing with other MicroTCA component suppliers and system integrators.

April 29, 2008
Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) is participating in the research project APACHE, Agile Photonic Integrated Systems-on-Chip Enabling WDM Terabit Networks, funded in part by the European Union. The project aims to enable traffic capacities of over 100Gbps for future high-speed broadband services.

April 2, 2008
Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today entered into a partnership to help raise the standard of living in rural areas of China using affordable, innovative mobile solutions for development.

March 13, 2008
Ericsson is selected as managed services partner by Mobily, a Saudi Arabian mobile operator, a member of the Etisalat Group. The 3-year multivendor agreement is the largest managed services agreement for Ericsson in the Middle East and one of the largest in the industry in the region.

February 11, 2008
Ericsson has successfully delivered the Operator Payment and Connection Service (OPCS) of its Internet Payment eXchange (IPX) to several network operators in Spain and Norway. OPCS manages a network operator's content-provider activities, allowing them to focus on their core business.

February 4, 2008
Thanks to the latest Packet Transport features of the Marconi OMS 2400 (in this case T-MPLS), Ericsson is now part of the Mobile Backhaul multi-vendor network organized in 2008 by EANTC (European Advanced Networking Test Center) and supported by the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) and the IP/MPLS Forum.