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Ericsson in France

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By deploying 5G and accelerating industrial innovation in France, Ericsson France is promoting secure and sustainable growth.

Ericsson in France.

For 150 years, Ericsson has been inventing and deploying communication technologies that connect the world. Our high-performance, programmable networks connect billions of people every day and help service providers and businesses explore new uses.

Established in France since 1909, Ericsson is one of the country's leading telecom infrastructure providers, partnering with most of the industry's players. We also support businesses, government agencies, and local authorities in meeting their growing connectivity needs, and are one of the major equipment suppliers for 5G deployments in France. 

With three sites in the Paris region and Brittany, we work with our customers and partners to transform connectivity into a true infrastructure for innovation.

 

Among our latest use cases

Smart Hospital: 5G at the service of connected hospitals in France

In the heart of Bordeaux, France, one of Europe’s leading hospitals is embarking on a bold transformation with Ericsson and Bouygues Telecom Business: turning its vast campus into a seamless, intelligent environment where technology quietly empowers every moment of care.

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Gender diversity

At Ericsson, we take gender equality in the workplace very seriously.

For 2025, the Egapro index, a tool for calculating gender equality in the workplace, awarded Ericsson France a score of 94/100.

• Gender pay gap indicator: 39/40 
• Pay increase rate gap indicator: 20/20 
• Promotion gap indicator: 10/15 
• Pay increases following return from maternity leave indicator: 15/15
• Indicator of male and female representation among the 10 highest earners: 10/10

Ericsson France is also a partner of the Elles Bougent association, which aims to promote scientific careers among young girls and women.

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The history of Ericsson in France

PTT, central battery telephone combined with hotel signal system. Produced at the Ericsson plant in Colombes, France
  • 1909: After the fire of telephone station on Rue Gutenberg in Paris, Ericsson is chosen upon recommandations to replace it by the French PTT (Post, Telegraph & Telephone). 
  • 1911: Creation of the French subsidiary of Ericsson, the Société Française des Téléphones Ericsson (STE)
  • 1912: Construction of a factory in Colombes, a suburb of Paris. STE succeeded from the beginning in becoming the supplier of the French PTT.
  • 1966: STE is listed on the stock exchange
  • Between 1960 and 1970: four new production plants are built.

Picture: PTT, central battery telephone combined with hotel signal system. Produced at the Ericsson plant in Colombes, France

  • 1976: Following a call for tenders by the PTT to modernize the French telephone network, Ericsson's AXE system is chosen. Since the French government wanted telecommunications development to remain national, an agreement was reached with Ericsson for the French electronics company Thomson-CSF to buy STE, which would then manufacture the AXE system under license.
  • 1987: The AXE system got a new start in France when Ericsson, with the approval of the French government, created a joint venture with the French electronics company Matra: Matra Ericsson Telecommunications S A (MET). MET became one of the two suppliers of telecommunications equipment in France. The other is Alcatel.
  • 1992 : Ericsson provides directly a GSM network to France.
  • 1998: Ericsson buys Matra, making MET a wholly owned subsidiary. At that time, MET had a 30% market share for fixed networks. By this time, two other Ericsson companies selling cell phones and corporate networks had also established themselves in France.
  • 2011 and 2013, strengthening of our consulting and systems integration capabilities by successively acquiring Tridge Group, a French IT services company specializing in BSS (Business Support Systems - billing chain), and Devoteam Telecom & Media grouping together specialists in IT services
  • 2012, strengthening of our broadcasting activities with the acquisition of Technicolor's Broadcast Services activity, inauguration of the Mediadôme in Boulogne Billancourt in 2014
  • 2017, Ericsson Broadcast and Media Services becomes Red Bee Media, a subsidiary of the Ericsson group
  • 2020, the first R&D center in Massy opens in France
  • 2021 to 2026, Ericsson continues to develop partnerships around 5G for industry, critical networks, and with major French operators.

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Ericsson Massy

25 avenue Carnot

91300 Massy

Contact: medias.france@ericsson.com

Phone: +33 1 81 87 45 00

Ericsson Lannion

Rue Joseph Libois

22300 Lannion

Red Bee Media

23 rue du dôme

92100 Boulogne-Billancourt