Ericsson news and trends

5G Promises Connected Consumers More Personalized, Efficient Banking Experiences

February 06, 2024
5G technology
Ericsson Aims to Capture Half of African Mobile Wallet Market
Mobile Wallets // January 09, 2024

5G network maker Ericsson reportedly has big plans for Africa’s mobile wallet market. The Swedish company’s software helps power more than 400 mobile wallet accounts around the world, and Michael Wallis-Brown, head of Ericsson’s mobile financial services unit, told Bloomberg News Tuesday (Jan. 9) that Africa is a crucial...

Global 5G Rollout Hampered by Infrastructure and Adoption Roadblocks
Technology // February 27, 2023

Progress is sequential, and nowhere is that growing more apparent than with 5G’s global rollout. A rollout that’s been plagued by fits and starts. This, as The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) relayed Monday (Feb. 27) that Swedish telecom equipment company Ericsson is cutting 8,500 roles,...

Mobily Expands Mobile Payment Service in Saudi Arabia
Mobile Wallets // February 06, 2023

Mobily has expanded its new mobile payment service, Mobily Pay. The Saudi Arabian telecom service provider has expanded Mobily Pay services in the county via a partnership with Swedish technology company Ericsson, according to a Monday (Feb. 6) press release. Ericsson will “continuously evolve and...

India Outkicking Its 5G Coverage, Says Ericsson Exec at Davos
Mobile // January 18, 2023

5G networks are just around the corner from being just around the corner . This, as Börje Ekholm the CEO of Ericsson AB, one of the world’s leading telecom equipment manufacturers, told a panel at the World Economic Forum’s 2023 Davos event that India is...

Interviews & Exclusives
Ericsson NA COO On Fast-Tracking 5G

April 03, 2020
On the other side of the pandemic — whenever that might be — might 5G and a new age of connectivity await? As Amy McCune, VP & COO of Ericsson North America, told Karen Webster in a recent interview, the shifts in the way we live, work, spend leisure time and even get healthcare delivered are proving […]

How Ericsson And Zenuity Want To Drive The Connected Car Conversation

September 20, 2017
Cars produce data on a scale and scope that is hard to wrap one’s head around. Think gigabytes. And that’s just the cars of today, with readings shooting forth from...

Quick Reads
Ericsson Aims to Capture Half of African Mobile Wallet Market

January 09, 2024
5G network maker Ericsson reportedly has big plans for Africa’s mobile wallet market. The Swedish company’s software helps power more than 400 mobile wallet accounts around the world, and Michael Wallis-Brown, head of Ericsson’s mobile financial services unit, told Bloomberg News Tuesday (Jan. 9) that Africa is a crucial market in helping expand that reach. “We’re touching 10% of the […]

Mobily Expands Mobile Payment Service in Saudi Arabia

February 06, 2023
Mobily has expanded its new mobile payment service, Mobily Pay. The Saudi Arabian telecom service provider has expanded Mobily Pay services in the county via a partnership with Swedish technology...

Vonage to Pay $100M Settlement in FTC Subscription Fee Lawsuit

November 03, 2022
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is holding internet phone service provider Vonage accountable for its junk fees levied on subscribers in a $100 million lawsuit settlement. Vonage was acquired by...

Ericsson Acquires Vonage in $6.2B Stock Deal

November 22, 2021
Information and communication technology platform Ericsson on Monday (Nov. 22) announced its plans to acquire cloud-based communications company Vonage for about $6.2 billion through a stock deal that puts each...