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• Ericsson has been selected by Mobily to upgrade its Evolved Packet Core (EPC) networks in western region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, using the SSR 8000 family of Smart Service Routers
• Consumers will be able to consume four times the current amount of data on the enhanced capacity network
• As part of the agreement, Ericsson will also provide systems integration, design and managed services

• Ericsson partners with Airtel to deploy Connect To Learn in Malawi
• Global education initiative uses technology to enable universal access to 21st century education, especially for girls in secondary school
• Partnership provides the scholarship beneficiaries and their peers and teachers at two schools in rural Malawi with cloud-based computing solution

Ericsson and other major Operations Support Systems (OSS) providers, are taking the lead on OSS interoperability with a new initiative to enable the use of vendors’ OSS interfaces outside of those defined by standards organizations. To help operators simplify network operations and reduce costs, the companies have agreed to cross-license such OSS interfaces for multi-vendor network management.

Greenpeace has given Ericsson a third-place ranking in its latest Cool IT Leaderboard evaluation of global IT players. This means the company maintains its position from last year, and has even managed to improve its overall result.

• The acquisition brings 400 skilled IT-services professionals in France
• Ericsson further broadens its IT capabilities
• Devoteam Telecom & Media operates in France under the Ericsson brand as of today

Telstra and Ericsson have successfully conducted the first trial of 1Tbps technology in Australia over 995km of its existing optical fiber network between Sydney and Melbourne.

• Ericsson will deploy a 4G network for the leading Icelandic operator Síminn
• The agreement will strengthen Síminn’s position to serve its subscribers in both central and remote areas of the country
• Ericsson Síminn will join their forces to provide access to innovative mobile broadband services, anywhere and anytime, and open new and exciting opportunities for the Icelandic consumers.

In this new Tech Talk, Maria Edvardsson from Ericsson Research looks at the evolution of LTE and describes six of the technical areas that we believe in for the evolution of LTE.

Elaine Weidman-Grunewald, Ericsson’s Vice President, Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility, explains Technology for Good: how technology can be a driving force for the good of the planet and its people.

• Explores efficient delivery of high quality video up to four times the resolution of High Definition
• Additional HEVC compression testing of bandwidth reduction for delivery of multiple enhanced services
• Extends relationship between KT SkyLife and Ericsson