Ericsson has reported Q1 2026 sales of SEK 49.3 billion (€4.5bn). The tech giant saw a 79 per cent year-on-year plummet in net income to SEK 887 million for the quarter ending March 31st, hit by restructuring charges tied to headcount reductions in Sweden, which rose to SEK 3.8 billion from SEK 281 million a […]

Virgin Media O2 has signed new multi-year agreements with Ericsson and Nokia to upgrade its UK mobile network, as part of its Mobile Transformation Plan. The deals will see the majority of Virgin Media O2’s radio access network (RAN) upgraded to the latest 5G+ technology, improving performance for millions of customers across the country. Thousands […]

Omdia’s latest Core Market Tracker reveals that Communications Service Providers (CSPs) increased their 5G packet core network investments by 83 per cent year-over-year in Q4 2025. The increase reflects strong momentum behind 5G Standalone (SA) deployments, as well as continued focus on digital transformation and new revenue streams. North America and Europe, the Middle East […]

Ericsson and Intel are pooling their next-generation technology leadership to help accelerate ecosystem readiness for seamless transition to AI-native 6G deployments and use cases. The collaboration was announced at Mobile World Congress Barcelona. It will span mobile connectivity, cloud technologies, and compute capabilities across AI-driven RAN and packet core use cases, and platform level-security and […]

Ericsson has successfully completed a 6G pre-standard over-the-air (OTA) session. This milestone was achieved on a pre-standard 6G system using am end-to-end architecture designed to be AI and cloud native. Conducted at Ericsson’s US headquarters in Plano, Texas, the OTA session validates the readiness of key 6G building blocks. The demonstration featured radio hardware, RAN […]

NTT DATA, a specialist in AI, digital business and technology services, and Ericsson have announced a multi-year partnership to accelerate enterprise adoption of private 5G and unlock advanced edge AI and physical AI use cases. As organisations look to embed intelligence at the edge across global operations, the partnership will enable AI-driven, outcome-focused transformation. By […]

Ookla, a specialist in connectivity intelligence, and Ericsson, the communications technology giant, have demonstrated a solution allowing users to measure and validate 5G network slicing performance. The companies say this collaboration marks a milestone in the 5G-Advanced era, providing a way to validate the Quality of Experience (QoE) essential for the next generation of mobile […]

Appear, a specialist in live production technology, has announced the appointment of Simon Frost in a newly created role as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Frost joins Appear with more than two decades of experience in the media technology sector, having held senior leadership roles at Amazon Web Services (AWS), Ericsson and Tandberg Television. Most recently […]

Ericsson has announced “proposed staff reductions” in Sweden as part of measures aimed at “ensuring the company’s competitive position”. The proposed staff reduction, explained the company, is part of “global initiatives to improve cost position while maintaining investments critical to Ericsson’s technology leadership and the execution of the strategy to deliver high-performing, programmable networks that […]