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Qualcomm and Ericsson demo VoLTE to 3G switch without dropping call

Chris Davies, Feb 2nd 2012 Discuss [0]

Qualcomm and Ericsson have completed the first VoLTE handover of a voice call from an LTE network to a WCDMA one, paving the way for high-speed smartphones that can handle voice as well as data. The proof-of-concept took place in late December, using a Snapdragon S4 MSM8960 3G/LTE based device on an Ericsson network, seamlessly transitioning the in-progress call to 3G when LTE coverage was no longer available. Read The Full Story

Sony Ericsson buyout approved by EU

Chris Burns, Jan 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

This week the EU's list of mergers and takeovers includes no less than an approval for Japan's Sony to acquire sole control of the mobile phone company called Sony Ericsson. This company had thus far been co-owned by both Sony and Ericsson, and has been approved on the 26th of January to be owned only be Sony. This comes just one week after the company Sony Ericsson posted a $318 million USD loss in their 4th quarter earnings report. Read The Full Story

Sony Ericsson reveals $318m Q4 loss

Chris Davies, Jan 19th 2012 Discuss [5]

Sony Ericsson has reported dismal Q4 2011 financial performance, with a pre-tax loss of €247m ($318m) amid "intense competition" along with the poor economic climate. The company - which will be rolled into Sony later this quarter - has plenty of blame to share around: as well as a strong showing from its rivals and the general economic doldrums, Sony Ericsson reckons price erosion, restructuring charges and the effects from the flooding in Thailand are all at fault. Read The Full Story

Sony buys out Sony Ericsson for €1.05bn

Chris Davies, Oct 27th 2011 Discuss [2]

Sony has bought out Ericsson’s stake in Sony Ericsson, giving the Japanese company sole control over the smartphone manufacturer. The deal, worth €1.05bn ($1.47bn) in cash to Ericsson, will see Sony bring the smartphone business in under its networked consumer electronics umbrella, a shift which the company describes as “a logical strategic step that takes into account the nature of [the mobile market] evolution and its impact on the marketplace.”

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Apple and Microsoft join forces to beat Google in Nortel patent bid

Chris Davies, Jul 1st 2011 Discuss [2]

A consortium including Apple, EMC, Ericsson, Microsoft, RIM and Sony has beaten Google and Intel to a cache of potentially vital Nortel patents, after the company's intellectual riches went up for auction. The consortium paid $4.5bn in cash for over 6,000 patents and patent applications spanning a broad range of wireless, telecoms and online technologies, including 4G, search, social networking and VoIP systems. Read The Full Story

LTE Advanced demo shows 10x regular LTE 4G speeds

Chris Davies, Jun 28th 2011 Discuss [6]

Just as we'd started to revel in the speeds of LTE 4G, Ericsson had to go and spoil it all by showing us what's next in the roadmap. The company has demonstrated LTE Advanced in Sweden this week, delivering speeds 10x that of regular LTE - over 900 MB/s in fact - by aggregating carrier spectrum into bigger blocks. According to Ericsson, that offers not only higher potential top-speeds, but better performance even when the network is congested. Read The Full Story

35% of Smartphone Users Launch Apps Before Getting Up

Samia Perkins, May 12th 2011 Discuss [1]

We all know how easy it is for a smartphone to become welded to your hand. It seems that many users can't even get out of bed without checking in on their beloved phone first. A survey by telecom equipment maker Ericsson (the PDF is here), finds that 35 percent of iPhone and Android users in the US use non-voice applications before they even step out of bed in the morning. The most popular app launched before getting up? You guessed it. Facebook. Read The Full Story

Ericsson achieves three HSPA records

Rue Liu, Jan 31st 2011 Discuss [0]

This morning Ericsson stated they had achieved three new HSPA (high speed packet access) speed records. The first was using a multi-carrier HSPA that reached 168Mbps on the download and 24Mbps on the uplink. The record speeds were done using a prototype consumer device and commercial network equipment. Read The Full Story

Integrated 3G to overtake external modems by 2012

Chris Davies, Mar 19th 2010 Discuss [0]

Will flexible data contracts like Apple have negotiated for the iPad - and Spring Design are planning for their Alex ereader - drive adoption of integrated 3G/4G data connections rather than external modems? That's certainly one interpretation of DigiTime's latest statistics; they're quoting industry sources who reckon global sales of built-in 3G modules will exceed sales of external data cards by 2012. Read The Full Story

ST-Ericsson U8500 Cortex-A9 smartphone platform debuts [Video]

Chris Davies, Nov 3rd 2009 Discuss [0]

The ST-Ericsson partnership between STMicroelectronics and Ericsson may only be young - the two firms founded the wireless semiconductor development project in February 2009 - but they're already showing off some interesting wares. The ST-Ericsson U8500 uses an ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore SMP dual-core processor paired with the ARM Mali-400 OpenGL ES2.0 and OpenVG1.1 GPU; together, they're capable of outputting 1080p HD video in a smartphone form-factor. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Ericsson Spider Computer projection-packed concept [Video]

Chris Davies, Oct 29th 2009 Discuss [1]

The wisdom of designing gadgets that look like spiders when so many people find the many-legged bugs creepy is arguably lacking, but that hasn't stopped Ericsson. The company's latest concept is the so-called Ericsson Spider Computer, a tripod design that will incorporate a full PC, pico-projector, laser keyboard and integrated 3G, and offer the people of 2020 an easily transported computing setup. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Ericsson set to show fastest HSPA speeds at CTIA

Brenda Stokes, Mar 31st 2009 Discuss [0]

Ericsson has a few tricks up their sleeves yet, it seems! They will be demonstrating 56Mbps HSPA data speeds at the CTIA Wireless convention, which could set a record if all goes according to plan. Read The Full Story