Ericsson is establishing an Innovation Center in sub-Saharan Africa to develop mobile applications that will benefit society as a whole, but with a special focus on meeting the needs of poor and rural populations. The initiative will focus on solutions in health, education, agriculture and small business development. continued »

Ericsson is launching a pilot in Bangladesh to demonstrate how to improve productivity and quality of life in the country with the use of high-speed internet services through 3G/HSPA technology. The pioneering project, called Alokito Bangladesh (Enlightened Bangladesh), will demonstrate high-speed internet access and a range of advanced services - including mobile health and mobile learning - in the region of ... continued »

Ericsson and 3 Italia have successfully established enhanced HSPA mobile-data connections in a commercial network. The enhanced HSPA technology enables maximum uplink data rates of 5.8Mbps and a significant reduction in network latency. continued »

Ericsson and Dell have teamed up to make Dell's next-generation laptops support tri-band HSPA mobile broadband networks. Dell will offer built-in HSPA mobile broadband modules from Ericsson beginning in Q2 2008 continued »

Ericsson is assisting Australia's Telstra to deploy the world's first Mobile Softswitch Solution based on blade technology. It will also reduce the energy use of the softswitch by up to 60 percent per subscriber. continued »