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	Ericsson Enabling the Networked Society.
HQ Location	Sweden
Year Founded	1876
Company Type	Public
Stock Ticker	NASDAQ: ERIC
Revenue	> $10b
Employees	> 50,000
Website	Open website

Ericsson

Enabling the Networked Society.

HQ Location

Sweden

Year Founded

1876

Company Type

Public

Stock Ticker

NASDAQ: ERIC

Revenue

> $10b

Employees

> 50,000

Website

Open website

Company Description	Ericsson provides services, software and infrastructure in mobility, broadband and the cloud that enable the communications industry and other sectors to do better business, increase efficiency, improve their users' experience and capture new opportunities. Year founded: 1876 Revenue: $26.8 billion (2014) NASDAQ: ERIC Read More
IoT Solutions	The Internet of Things (IoT) will have a profound impact in the future. Enabling anything to be connected and providing ’smartness’ to these connected things will bring value across a number of sectors in the Networked Society. Ericsson is engaged with a number of partners from industry and academia in an EU-funded research project called the IoT Initiative with the objective of increasing the benefits and possibilities of IoT, but also identifing and proposing ways to tackle the challenges. The project analyzed about 150 application scenarios of strategic importance. A selected subset were tested in surveys which went out to a number of users and professionals within the ICT community. Read More Log in to view content
Key Customers	AT&T, O2, Sprint Read More Log in to view content
Supporting Files	Ericsson_wearable-technology-and-the-internet-of-things_2016.pdf Ericsson_iot-infographic_2015.pdf Ericsson_big_data_analytics_white_paper_2015.pdf Ericsson_accelerating-iot_2016.pdf Log in to view content
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Company Description

Ericsson provides services, software and infrastructure in mobility, broadband and the cloud that enable the communications industry and other sectors to do better business, increase efficiency, improve their users' experience and capture new opportunities.

Year founded: 1876
Revenue: $26.8 billion (2014)
NASDAQ: ERIC

IoT Solutions

The Internet of Things (IoT) will have a profound impact in the future. Enabling anything to be connected and providing ’smartness’ to these connected things will bring value across a number of sectors in the Networked Society.

Ericsson is engaged with a number of partners from industry and academia in an EU-funded research project called the IoT Initiative with the objective of increasing the benefits and possibilities of IoT, but also identifing and proposing ways to tackle the challenges.

The project analyzed about 150 application scenarios of strategic importance. A selected subset were tested in surveys which went out to a number of users and professionals within the ICT community.

Key Customers

AT&T, O2, Sprint

Supporting Files

Ericsson is a provider of Industrial IoT infrastructure as a service (iaas), platform as a service (paas), and networks and connectivity technologies, and also active in the automotive, chemicals, mining, telecommunications, and transportation industries.

Technologies

Networks & Connectivity

Cellular

Network Management & Analysis Software

Wireless Local Area Network

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

Cloud Computing

Cloud Middleware & Microservices

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

Device Management Platforms

Use Cases

Predictive Maintenance

Vehicle Telematics

Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Field Services

Process Manufacturing

Warehouse & Inventory Management

Industries

Automotive

Chemicals

Mining

Telecommunications

Transportation

Ericsson’s Technology Stack maps Ericsson’s participation in the infrastructure as a service (iaas), platform as a service (paas), and networks and connectivity IoT technology stack.

Application Layer
Functional Applications

Cloud Layer
Platform as a Service

Infrastructure as a Service

Edge Layer
Automation & Control

Processors & Edge Intelligence

Actuators

Sensors

Devices Layer
Robots

Drones

Wearables

Supporting Technologies
Analytics & Modeling

Application Infrastructure & Middleware

Cybersecurity & Privacy

Networks & Connectivity

Technological Capability

None

Minor

Moderate

Strong

Number of Case Studies6

	Smart Optimization SoftBank Mobile wanted to secure high-performance mobile broadband services following the rapid traffic shift to LTE, prepare for VoLTE and manage signaling increase in the most highly populated metropolitan areas in the world.
	Premium Brand Due to doubled data traffic demand, Telstra wanted a solution that can meet insatiable high-speed mobile broadband demand and secure a smooth network migration while re-farming spectrum.
	Service Agility for a Connected World CenturyLink wanted to accelerate design and delivery of IP-based enterprise services, drive all processes from a central catalog for improved service agility and position CenturyLink for SDN/NFV with an open, standards-based solution.

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