Ericsson

Contract Hot List – January 2013

Wolfgang Kroh has been appointed as the new chief executive of Orga Systems GmbH. Kroh succeeds Ramez Younan who has left the company to pursue other interests.

Washington DC, USA. January 2, 2013 – CTIA-The Wireless Association® has announced it will create a ‘super’ mobile industry trade show that will dominate the second half of the year, beginning in 2014.

Gothenburg, Sweden — Although Ericsson has yet to announce it formally, Megafon, the Russian mobile operator, and Swedish incumbent telco, TeliaSonera are both reported to have signed agreements with the network equipment manufacturer to provide cloud-based M2M services for enterprises. In a separate report, 3UK is said to have signed for similar support.

Contract Hot List – September-October 2012

Amsterdam, October 1, 2012 – Gemalto, a leading provider of digital security, today announces that it has closed the acquisition of Ericsson Internet Payment Exchange AB (IPX), with the exception of operations in USA, from Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (NASDAQ: Ericsson), the global communications technology and services provider.

Toronto, Canada. September 25, 2012 — Today Ericsson announced the acquisition of the Canadian company ConceptWave in an all-cash transaction for an as-yet undisclosed sum.

Elektrilevi, the Estonian electricity distribution network operator, has signed an eight-year contract with Ericsson to supply, deploy, systems integrate and run a smart-metering network.

Stockholm, Sweden. June 27, 2012 — M2M Now has been given unrivalled access this week to some serious brainpower at Ericsson Research in Stockholm. Discussions covered temperature sensors in a home-made igloo, handshakes that exchange business cards and a tree that ‘sees’ you coming. As Jeremy Cowan says, you couldn’t make this stuff up!

By 2016, global cellular M2M connections will balloon to 313 million, says a Yankee Group analyst, as more enterprises and consumers realise business benefits and improved experiences from connected devices.

M2M Now takes a look around the Volvo C30 and how Volvo, Ericsson and Gothenburg Energy made the smart car smarter

Ericsson chat to M2M Now about what it means to successfully bring together all the key players in the delivery of a real M2M solution

Boston, Massachusetts, USA — In a new report by Yankee Group entitled ‘M2M Platform Update: 2012 Brings Continued Consolidation’ machine-to-machine (M2M) communications sector analyst, John Keough (pictured) says that the M2M industry has begun 2012 with three announcements aligning pure platform companies with large M2M players, but many still need to clarify their business models.

29th February 2012, Mobile World Congress, Barcelona – Ericsson and Western Union announce strategic alliance.

Eclipse contribution to create new standard that connects Internet of Things

Palo Alto, California, USA. 18 September, 2011 — AT&T (NYSE:T) is taking down the protective walls it has built over the years around its applications infrastructure, and the operator is inviting app developers to come and play with its Application Program Interfaces (APIs).