A total of SEK 45 million is being invested in the Swedish-Chinese university research program on mobile technologies “IMT-Advanced and Beyond”.

Applications developers could learn from the success of text messaging, which shows no signs of losing ground as the world’s foremost non-voice mobile service.

At the rescue services event Räddningsmässan, Ericsson will showcase its technologies for use in national security and public safety operations from August 20 to 23 in Jönköping, Sweden.

There are more than 3 billion mobile subscriptions around the world today, and there are likely to be more than 6.5 billion by 2013. Ericsson Communications Expander lets mobile operators meet the challenge of serving a growing proportion of lower-income users, while profitably increasing usage among new and existing higher-income users.

Fires, disaster relief, police work, national security… to handle vital situations like these, authorities always need reliable and controlled information. This information is processed by systems that are usually tailor-made and very costly. Now we see a new market emerging that uses commercial solutions.

A recent report, IMS Market Opportunities: From Standardization To Implementation, identifies some key findings regarding the development potential of IMS. 

Telecom companies are looking at IPTV solutions to further grow their customer base and deliver a truly innovative and personalized cross platform experience, while offering consumers an answer to their wishes for content-on-demand and mobility.

Deep within Ericsson’s Gothenburg office lies the global competence center for IPTV. At the TV Center, systems integration, consulting and technical knowledge and expertise is being gathered to make Ericsson a leading supplier of IPTV solutions and services.

Ericsson has won a prime integrator deal with Telefónica for a revenue assurance and transformation project across Latin America.

To anyone who has compared night time satellite-pictures of earth throughout the last few decades, it is evident that the energy consumed by lighting has grown dramatically, to the level of becoming a major concern for communities and industries.

Web 2.0 is revolutionizing communications and stimulating operators to tap into the “power of the end user.”

Ericsson as systems integrator is helping Vodafone Ireland support the next-generation of multimedia services, upgrading and expanding its network to underpin new functionalities and enable real-time charging.

With the Beijing Olympics holding the attention of billions of people around the world, Ericsson’s preparation for the 2012 Olympic Games in London has already begun.

Ericsson has won the largest microwave deal in Latin America with Telcel in Mexico to provide a complete microwave-transmission network for high-speed mobile broadband.

Ericsson and the Australian Red Cross are using mobile technology to ensure that people trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) can effectively administer the procedure when needed.

Demand for broadband services on any device, anywhere is driving telecommunications toward converged Full Service Broadband, which means operators must make the right architectural choices for their networks.

Operator 3 Italia has become the world’s first to test Enhanced HSPA mobile-data connections on a commercial network. This milestone, in partnership with Ericsson, reaffirms HSPA’s mobile broadband leadership.

On a stretch of desert coastland north of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the kingdom’s first state-of-the-art “smart city” is being built, and Ericsson will deploy and manage the fixed broadband network that will serve its first wave of occupants.

Ericsson’s new solution Managed Services for Media Broadcasters helps broadcasters reduce operational costs and deliver higher quality to customers. The solution strengthens Ericsson’s position in the TV market.

Ericsson will show the world’s first IMS-integrated IPTV solution (hall 1, stand D61) at the International Broadcasting Conference (IBC) in Amsterdam, which takes place from September 11-16, 2008.

The evolution of TV puts high demands on network capacity and increases competition. With Ericsson’s Full Service Broadband, operators have many opportunities to differentiate their TV offerings.

Plenty differentiates Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) from traditional cable, satellite, and free-to-air broadcasters, but providers find effective marketing involves revealing the service’s vast potential in increments.

Media innovations and visions were in focus as the television industry gathered for the 2008 IBC event in Amsterdam. Ericsson/TANDBERG Television had several new solutions on display.

As part of its commitment to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – a UN initiative to tackle extreme poverty by 2015 – Ericsson is joining the new UN Digital Health Initiative to bring health-care access to rural populations through mobile technology.

The increasing availability of broadband connectivity at home, at work and on the move is shaping the lifestyle of millions of people around the world. Delivered using multiple flavors of technology, broadband is driving innovation in all aspects of life, including travel, shopping, entertainment, education and healthcare.

To increase a chip’s performance, the industry engineers works with multi-core processors. Ericsson can easily take advantage of chips with few cores, but beyond that several challenges have to be addressed.

Informa Telecoms & Media has begun promotion of the "The Executive Interview Series - LTE" - hosted by Ericsson in cooperation with the GSMA. Six interviews will be broadcasted over the next couple of months. The first webinar in this series features Erik Ekudden, Vice-President, Head of Standardization and Industry Initiatives for The Ericsson Group. The interview is scheduled to be broadcast on Tuesday September 30 at approximately 15:00 London UK time.

Ericsson’s CEO Carl-Henric Svanberg addressed the UN General Assembly in New York on September 25, the culmination of a week of events related to progress on the Millennium Development Goals.