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Ericsson has combined over a hundred years of telecom business experience with its leading expertise in developing technologies to bring you Ericsson Mobility World. We help you successfully plan, develop, verify and get end-to-end solutions to operators and end-users. Ericsson Mobility World is a global network of regional centers and expert centers, with the aim of encouraging rapid creation and market deployment of mobile internet applications and services. This open, industry-wide initiative brings together all the various players - operators, content and service providers, enterprises and developers - to increase revenue through new mobile services. Ericsson Mobility World supports you in developing applications with practical, hands-on tools, information and services. These include: - Technical documents - Software development kits (SDKs) - Testing and verification services - Developer support - Discussion forums - Business and technical training - Invitations to global and local events, application competitions - Free monthly newsletter - Latest update via email and SMS notification
President & Chief Executive Officer
Carl-Henric SvanbergNumber of Employees 7,499
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Other Electronic Component Manufacturing: 334419
Recent Events
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Ericsson to Buy Nortel's U.S. GSM Business
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Ericsson to acquire Nortel's North American GSM business unit
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Europeans buy Nortel GSM arm
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Nortel Selects Ericsson and Kapsch as Successful Bidders for GSM/GSM-R Business
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Ericsson to operate TV4 Group's playout services
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MetroPCS Upgraded to Neutral After Positive Quarter
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Ericsson to acquire GSM business assets in North America from Nortel Networks
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Korek opts for Ericsson billing platform
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Investigation into Qualcomm Ceases
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Ericsson starting from scratch with 4G packet core
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Ericsson Wins TV Services Deal
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Ericsson acquires CDMA business and LTE Access assets of Nortel Networks Corporation
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Nortel Completes Sale of CDMA Business LTE Access Assets to Ericsson
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Ericsson buys another piece of Nortel for $70 million
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Nortel Confirms MEN Auction Delay, Closes Ericsson Sale
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UPDATE 1-China's Huawei takes No. 2 spot in mobile gear
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BRIEF-Nortel completes sale of certain assets to Ericsson
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Nortel cancels auction
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Ericsson Appoints Exec for Brand Strategy
News & Analysis
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Seven companies that are changing telecom
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 2007 is notable as the year of the most-anticipated product released in industry history. But Apple isn't the only one rewriting the telecom playbook. Telecom Asia editors have identified half a dozen other firms who are changing the rules of the business. Not all are from...
Daily Dispatch: Ericsson, Wal-Mart, Prudential, Adobe
Ericsson, the world's largest manufacturer of wireless network equipment, will buy German billing-software firm LHS. Ericsson already earns 23 percent of its revenue from providing services to telecom companies, and this acquisition is intended to strengthen its service offerings. Wal-Mart will offer prepaid...
Network vendors tout size, solutions.(CTIA Wireless 2007)
Byline: Mike Dano, Tracy Ford A quick evaluation of the comments and announcements streaming from the world's largest infrastructure providers offers evidence that the market is getting wider and more complicated-and that the field may belong to only the largest contenders. ...
...Products...(Products)
Flipswap Flipswap, an outsourced cell phone trade-in solution for retailers, said it has signed integration partnerships with retail management system providers iQmetrix, Work Wireless, TeleTracker and CellSell. Flipswap's Web-based software allows retailers to formulate a guaranteed trade-in...
Looking to the future
THE 3GSM World Congress 2007 in Barcelona, Spain, brought together the who's who of the telecommunications industry for four days, who shared their vision and plans to shape the future of communications. Fittingly, this was the setting for the launch of Nokia Siemens Networks, a 50:50 partnership between the telco...
AdventNet Enhances WiFi Manager; Offers Enterprises Multi-Vendor Access Point Management; Major Vendor Models Supported Include: Cisco, Proxim, 3Com, Symbol, Nomadix, HP, D-Link, NetGear, SMC, Avaya, Dell, Ericsson, Huawei, Linksys, and Mikrotik
PLEASANTON, Calif. -- AdventNet Inc., a pioneer and leader in cost-effective network management software, today announced support for more than seventy models of access points, with the release of version 4.3 of ManageEngine WiFi Manager. The Vendor-neutral solution ensures investment protection and enhances the productivity of IT administrators by providing...
Lucent starts to fulfil convergence promises with massive IP wins
Lucent has long identified convergence as the trend that could rescue it from its recent financially painful years, and the IP Multimedia Subsystem IMS as the key product to help it achieve a strong market position. Its plans to provide carriers with integrated all-IP systems built on the various networks...
The trouble with WiMAX: it's tough out there in wireless-land. Ericsson's CTO doesn't hold back in his views on mobile WiMAX or Flarion, or, for that matter, his employer's current preoccupation, HSDPA. Hakan Eriksson talks with senior contributing editor
Wireless Asia: Ericsson is not the biggest fan of WiMAX. You spoke this morning [at event in Shanghai] about how it is standardizing only in layers one and two. Can you elaborate on that? How does this compare with Wi-Fi? Hakan Eriksson: Wi-Fi is...
Ericsson joins the WiMAX Forum as a principal member
Ericsson joins the WiMAX Forum as a principal member, saying its experience in broadband and wireless technologies would contribute strongly.
Ericsson joins WiMAX Forum(TM) to drive the development of open standards.(Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson.)(Brief Article)
Ericsson has joined the WiMAX ForumTM as a principal member. Ericsson's experience and leadership in broadband and wireless technologies will strongly contribute to the existing competence of the forum. Ericsson is a strong believer in open standards. "WiMAX ensures interoperability of the open...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Carl-Henric Svanberg | President & Chief Executive Officer |
| Hakan Eriksson | Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer and head of Group Function Technology |
| Hans Vestberg | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Head of Group Function Finance |
| Carl Olof Blomqvist | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and head of Group Function Legal Affairs |
| Henry Stenson | Senior Vice President and head of Group Function Communications |
| Jan Frykhammar | Senior Vice President and Head of Business Unit Global Services |
| Jan Wareby | Senior Vice President and head of Business Unit Multimedia |
| Joakim Westh | Senior Vice President and head of Group Function Strategy and Operational Excellence |
| Johan Wibergh | Senior Vice President, head of Business Unit Networks |
| Marita Hellberg | Senior Vice President and head of Group Function Human Resources & Organization |
| Torbjorn Possne | Senior Vice President, Group Function Sales and Marketing |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Marcus Wallenberg | Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors |
| Michael Treschow | Chairman |
| Sverker Martin-Lof | Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors |
| Anders Nyren | Board of Directors |
| Anna Guldstrand | Board of Directors |
| Borje Ekholm | Board of Directors |
| Jan Hedlund | Board of Directors |
| Karin Aberg | Board of Directors |
| Kristina Davidsson | Board of Directors |
| Monica Bergstrom | Board of Directors |
| Nancy McKinstry | Board of Directors |
| Pehr Claesson | Board of Directors |
| Peter L. Bonfield | Board of Directors |
| Roxanne S. Austin | Board of Directors |
| Ulf J. Johansson PhD | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ericsson Racing Team | CEO | Current |
| Ericsson, Inc. | President & Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson | CEO | Current |
| Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson | President | Current |
| Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB | Chairman | Current |
| Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson | Board of Directors | Current |
| Ericsson, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| University of Technology | Former | |
| Uppsala University | Former |
Håkan Eriksson is Senior Vice President and General Manager, Group Function Technology, and Chief Technology Officer at Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson. Mr. Eriksson was appointed Senior Vice President and General Manager, Group Function Technology, and Chief Technology Officer on January 1, 2004. Mr. Eriksson was appointed Vice President and General Manager for Research and Development at Ericsson on April 14, 2003, and was responsible for development activities carried out in Ericsson’s Core Network Development, Radio Network Development and Service Network and Applications, as well as for Ericsson Research. Prior to this, Mr. Eriksson served for five years as head of Ericsson Research. Mr. Eriksson joined Ericsson in 1986, representing the company as a technical expert in GSM standardization work and he has held a number of senior positions in the Research and Development field for Ericsson in Sweden and internationally. Håkan Eriksson was born in Mjölby, Sweden, in 1961. He graduated with a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Linköping Institute of Technology, Sweden, in 1985.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ericsson, Inc. | Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer and head of Group Function Technology | Current |
| Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson | Chief Technology Officer | Current |
| Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson | Senior Vice President | Current |
| Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson | General Manager | Former |
As of October 25, 2007, Hans Vestberg is Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Vestberg became Senior Vice President and Head of Business Unit Global Services in 2003 and he was appointed Executive Vice President in 2005. From 2002 to 2003 he served as President of Ericsson in Mexico. Between 2000 and 2002, Mr. Vestberg was CFO for Ericsson in North America and Ericsson's controller for the Americas. Between 1998 and 2000, he was CFO of Ericsson in Brazil. Since joining Ericsson in 1991, Mr. Vestberg has also held various managerial positions in China, Sweden, Chile and Brazil. Hans Vestberg was born in Hudiksvall, Sweden. He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Uppsala, Sweden, in 1991.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Telefon AB LM Ericsson | CFO | Current |
| Ericsson, Inc. | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Head of Group Function Finance | Current |
| Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson | Senior Vice President & General Manager, Global Services | Current |
Carl Olof Blomqvist is Senior Vice President, Group Function Legal Affairs of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson. Senior Vice President, general counsel and head of Group Function Legal Affairs (since May 1999). During 1982 to1990, Mr. Blomqvist was an associate and partner of Mannheimer Swartling law firm. During 1990 to 1996, Mr. Blomqvist was resident and managing partner at the New York office of the Mannheimer Swartling law firm and licensed under New York State law as a Legal Consultant. Mr. Blomqvist was a partner in the law firm from 1990 to 1999. Carl Olof Blomqvist was born in Nätra, Sweden, in 1951 and graduated with a Bachelor degree LLM from the University of Uppsala, Sweden, in 1978.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson | Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs | Current |
| Ericsson, Inc. | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and head of Group Function Legal Affairs | Current |
Henry Sténson is Senior Vice President, Group Function Communications of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson. Mr. Sténson joined Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson in 2002 as Senior Vice President, Group Function Communication. Previously, Mr. Sténson held the position as Senior Vice President, Public Relations & Government Affairs at Scandinavian Airlines System, SAS. Prior to this, he has served as Head of Information at Volvo Flygmotor AB, Head of Automotive Communications at AB Volvo, Information Director of Saab Aircraft AB and Information Director of Volvo Car Corporation. He is Chairman of the Board of the European Centre for Public Affairs. Henry Sténson, born in Uppsala, Sweden, in 1955, has studied law, sociology and political science at Linköping University, Sweden, and at the Swedish War Academy, Karlberg, Stockholm.
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson | Senior Vice President, Corp Communications | Current |
| Ericsson Holding International B.V. | Senior Vice President | Current |
| Ericsson, Inc. | Senior Vice President and head of Group Function Communications | Current |
As of January 1, 2008, Jan Frykhammar is Senior Vice President and Head of Business Unit Global Services. From 2005 to 2007 he was Vice President, Head of Sales and Business Control within Business Unit Global Services. Between 2004 and 2005 Mr. Frykhammar was Vice President, Finance and Commercial, for Ericsson's global customer account Vodafone, based in the UK. From 2002 to 2004 he served as CFO for Ericsson in North America. Between 1998 and 2002 he was Vice President, Business Control and IS/IT within Ericsson's wireline operation. Since joining Ericsson in 1991, Mr. Frykhammar has also held various positions as controller in Ericsson as well as Ericsson Mobile Phones. Jan Frykhammar was born in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1965. He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration and Economics degree from the University of Uppsala, Sweden, in 1991.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ericsson, Inc. | Senior Vice President and Head of Business Unit Global Services | Current |
Effective January 1, 2007, Jan Wäreby is Senior Vice President of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson and head of Business Unit Multimedia. From 2002 to 2006, Mr. Wäreby was Corporate Executive Vice President, and Head of Sales and Marketing, for Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications and played an integral role in establishing the joint venture. Between 1981-2001 Mr. Wäreby held various managerial positions, mainly within Ericsson’s Sales organizations in Sweden and the US, and headed the company’s mobile phone business. Born in Karlskoga, Sweden, in 1956, he joined Ericsson in 1980, as a trainee in marketing management, after graduating from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, with a Master of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ericsson, Inc. | Senior Vice President and head of Business Unit Multimedia | Current |
| Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB | Board of Directors | Current |
| Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB | Executive Vice President & Head, Sales, Marketing | Former |
| Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, Inc. | Corporate Executive Vice President, Head of Sales and Marketing of Sony Ericsson | Former |
| Cellular Systems | Director of Sales and Marketing | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ericsson, Inc. | Senior Vice President and head of Group Function Strategy and Operational Excellence | Current |
Since July 1, 2008, Johan Wibergh is Senior Vice President and Head of Business Unit Networks of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson. Prior to assuming this position Johan Wibergh was President of Ericsson Brazil. From 2005 to 2006, he was President of Ericsson Nordic and Baltics. Between 2001 and 2004, Mr. Wibergh was Head of Managed Services at Ericsson. Between 2004 and 2005 he was Vice President and Head of Sales at Business Unit Global Services. Since joining Ericsson in 1996, Mr. Wibergh has also held various management positions in Sweden and USA. Johan Wibergh was born in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1963. He earned a Master of Computer Science from Linköping Institute of Technology, Sweden, in 1987.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Telefon AB LM Ericsson | Senior Vice President & Head, Networks Business Unit | Current |
| Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson | Senior Vice President | Current |
| Ericsson, Inc. | Senior Vice President, head of Business Unit Networks | Current |
| Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson | Head of Business Unit Networks | Current |
Marita Hellberg is Senior Vice President, Group Function Human Resources and Organization of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson. On April 7, 2003, Ms. Hellberg was appointed Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Organization at Ericsson. Prior to her current position, she held the position as Senior Vice President Human Resources at NCC. Between 1999 and 2002, Ms. Hellberg was Vice President Human Resources for Market Area Europe, Middle East and Africa. Prior to that, Ms. Hellberg was Human Resources Director at Ericsson Radio, Business Unit Cellular Systems American Standards. Ms. Hellberg has also been responsible for Ericsson's management planning. Ms. Hellberg joined Ericsson in 1978. During her years at Ericsson, Ms. Hellberg has held various positions within Human Resources. Marita Hellberg was born in Djurö, Sweden, in 1955. She graduated with a degree in social studies from the University of Stockholm, Sweden, in 1979.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson | Senior Vice President, HR & Org | Current |
| Ericsson, Inc. | Senior Vice President and head of Group Function Human Resources & Organization | Current |
As of February 1, 2008, Torbjörn Possne is Senior Vice President and Head of Sales and Marketing at Ericsson. Torbjörn Possne joined Ericsson in 1979. From 2004 to 2007 he was Head of Market Unit Northern Europe and Global Customer Account Deutsche Telekom based in Germany. Between 2000 and 2001 he was Head of Business Unit WCDMA, PDC Systems and was Head of Solutions Business Area WCDMA, between 2001 and 2003. From 1996 to 1999 he was Company President in Belgium and Luxemburg. Torbjörn Possne was born in Stockholm in 1953. He earned a Master of Science degree from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm in 1979.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ericsson, Inc. | Senior Vice President, Group Function Sales and Marketing | Current |
Born 1956, Bachelor of Science of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, USA. Board Chairman: Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, Saab AB and AB Electrolux. Honorary Chairman: International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). Board Member: AstraZeneca PLC, Stora Enso Oy, the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and Temasek Holdings Limited. Holdings in Ericsson *: 1,200 Class A shares and 14,800 Class B shares. Principal work experience and other information: Positions in Investor AB, where he served as President and CEO 1999–2005. Prior to this he was Executive Vice President at Investor. Previous employers include Stora Feldmühle AG, Citicorp, Citibank and Deutsche Bank.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ericsson, Inc. | Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors | Current |
| Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson | Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors | Current |
| AB Electrolux | Board of Directors | Current |
| Stora Enso Co | Independent Member of Stora Enso Board of Directors | Current |
| AstraZeneca PLC | Board of Directors | Current |
| AB Electrolux | Chairman | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson | Chairman | Current |
| Ericsson, Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| AB Electrolux | Chairman of The Board | Current |
| Atlas Copco | Area Manager | Former |
| Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson | Board of Directors | Former |
| AB Electrolux | Board of Directors | Former |
Born 1943, Doctor of Technology and Master of Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. Board Chairman: Skanska AB, Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA and SS AB. Deputy Chairman: AB Industrivärden and the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise. Board Member: Svenska Handelsbanken. Holdings in Ericsson *: 10,400 Class B shares. Principal work experience and other information: President and CEO of Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA 1990–2002, where he was employed 1977–1983 and 1986–2002. Previous positions at Sunds Defibrator and Mo och Domsjö AB
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Ericsson, Inc. | Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors | Current |
| Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson | Board of Directors | Current |
Born 1954, Graduate of Stockholm School of Economics, Master of Business Administration from Anderson School of Management, UCLA, USA. Board Chairman: Association of Exchange Listed Companies and Association for Generally Accepted Principles in the Securities Market. Deputy Chairman: Sandvik AB and Svenska Handelsbanken. Board Member: Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA, AB Industrivärden, SSAB, and Ernströmgruppen. Holdings in Ericsson *: 6,686 Class B shares. Principal work experience and other information: President and CEO of Industrivärden since 2001. CFO and EVP of Skanska AB 1997–2001. Director Capital Markets of Nordbanken 1996–1997. CFO and EVP of Securum AB 1992–1996. Managing Director of OM International AB 1987–1992. Earlier positions at STC Scandinavian Trading Co AB and AB Wilhelm Becker.
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Sandvik AB | Board of Directors | Current |
| Svenska Handelsbanken | Board of Directors | Current |
| Svenska Handelsbanken | Vice Chairman | Current |
| Ericsson, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| RAE Systems Inc. | Director of Svenska | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ericsson, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Investor AB | CEO | Current |
| Investor AB | President | Current |
| Lindorff | Board Member | Current |
| Management Group, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Ericsson, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Wm-Data AB | Board of Directors | Current |
| Tessera Technologies, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Greenway Medical Technologies Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson | Director | Current |
| Investor Growth Capital, Inc. | President and Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Biotage AB | Chairman | Former |
| INSEAD | M.B.A. | Former |
| Royal Institute of Technology | Master of Science In Electrical Engineering | Former |
| Northeastern University | Former |
Employee representative Member of the Audit Committee Born 1946. Appointed by the IF Metall union.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson | Board of Directors | Current |
| Ericsson, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
Employee representative Member of the Remuneration Committee Born 1959. Appointed by the Unionen union.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ericsson, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
Born 1955. Appointed by the IF Metall union.
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Ericsson, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson | Board of Directors | Current |
| Ericsson, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Wolters Kluwer | Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| ABN AMRO Holding N.V. | Advisory Council | Current |
| Columbia Business School | Board of Overseers | Current |
| American Chamber of Commerce | Boards of Directors, Netherlands | Current |
| Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson | Boards of Directors | Current |
| Wolters Kluwer | Chairman | Current |
| Ericsson, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| University of Rhode Island | Advisory Board | Current |
| University Club of New York | Member | Current |
| Wolters Kluwer | CEO, North America Operations | Former |
| CCH Inc. | President & CEO, Legal Information Services | Former |
| CCH Inc. | Product Management | Former |
| Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. | Management, Media and Publishing | Former |
| Wolters Kluwer | Executive Board Member | Former |
| Columbia University | MBA, Finance and Marketing | Former |
| University of Rhode Island | Bachelors Degree, Economics | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ericsson, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Texas Instruments Incorporated | Group Marketing Director | Current |
| Ericsson, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Dubai International Capital, LLC | Board of Directors | Current |
| Sir Peter Bonfield | Board of Directors | Current |
| Actis Capital LLP | Board of Directors | Current |
| Mentor Graphics Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| British Telecommunications Plc | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| British Telecommunications Plc | Chairman | Former |
| The Trilateral Commission | Board of Directors | Former |
| The Trilateral Commission | Member | Former |
Born 1961, B.B.A. in Accounting, University of Texas, San Antonio USA. Board Member: Abbott Laboratories, Teledyne Technologies Inc.,Target Corporation. Holdings in Ericsson *: 3,000 American Depository Receipts (ADR). Principal work experience and other information: Since 2004 President of Austin Investment Advisors. President and CEO of DIRECTV 2001–2003. Corporate Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Hughes Electronics Corporation 1997–2000, which company she joined in 1993. Prior to joining Hughes, Roxanne Austin was a partner at Deloitte & Touche. Member of the board of trustees of the California Science Center, member of the California State Society of certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Austin Investment Group | President | Current |
| Teledyne Technologies Incorporated | Director | Current |
| Abbott Laboratories | Board of Directors | Current |
| American Institute of Certified Public Accountants | Board of Directors | Current |
| Storm Products Company Corp | Board of Directors | Current |
| Ericsson, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson | Director | Current |
| Target Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| California Science Center | Board of Trustees | Current |
| The California State Society | Member | Current |
| American Institute of Certified Public Accountants | Member | Current |
| The DIRECTV Group, Inc. | President | Former |
| The DIRECTV Group, Inc. | Chief Operating Officer | Former |
| Hughes Electronics | Chief Financial Officer | Former |
| Hughes Electronics | Executive Vice President | Former |
| Hughes Electronics | Corporate Senior Vice President | Former |
| Hughes Electronics | Controller | Former |
| Honeywell Corporation | Supervisory and Consulting Roles | Former |
| Hughes Electronics | Treasurer | Former |
| University of Texas at San Antonio | B.B.A. Degree In Accounting | Former |
Ulf J. Johansson has served as a director of the Company since December 1999. Dr. Johansson is a Swedish national with a distinguished career in communications technology. He was a founder and served as chairman of Europolitan Vodafone AB, a GSM mobile telephone operator in Sweden, from 1990 until March 2005. In April 2005 Dr. Johansson was elected to the board of directors of Telefon AB LM Ericsson. He currently also serves as chairman of the board of directors for AcandoFrontec AB, an IT and management consulting company and Eurostep Group AB, a software and consulting company specializing in product life cycle management. Dr. Johansson has served on the board of directors of Novo Nordisk A/S, a Danish pharmaceutical/life science company since 1998, but left that position in March 2005 to serve as chairman of Novo Nordisk Foundation and Novo A/S, the private Danish investment company and parent company of the Novo Group as well as the majority owner of Novo Nordisk A/S and Novozymes A/S. From 1998 to 2003 Dr. Johansson served as chairman of the University Board of Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. Earlier positions include: president and chief executive officer of Spectra-Physics, and executive vice president of Ericsson Radio Systems AB. Dr. Johansson received a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, and a Doctor of Technology (Communication Theory) from the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Trimble Co., Ltd. | Independent Director | Current |
| Acandofrontec AB | Chairman | Current |
| Trimble Navigation Limited | Chairman of the Board | Current |
| Trimble Co., Ltd. | Chairman, Nominating & Governance Committee Member | Current |
| JumpTap, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Ericsson, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Trimble Co., Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Telefon AB LM Ericsson | Director | Current |
| Spectra-Physics | chief executive officer | Former |
| Spectra-Physics | president | Former |
| Spectra, Inc. | President and Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Ez-Boom | Director, Audit Committee Chairman, Finance Committee Member | Former |
| Royal Institute of Technology | chairman | Former |
| Royal Institute of Technology | Master of Science in Electrical Engineering | Former |
Executive News
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Comment: changing of the guard at Ericsson and JVs
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According to Nokia Siemens' website, the pict...
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UPDATE 1-Chipmaker ST-Ericsson names Gilles Delfassy CEO
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ST-Ericsson Board Appoints Gilles Delfassy As President, CEO
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Nokia Siemens CEO Beresford-Wylie resigns
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Japan's Election In Focus
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Dell, Intel Deliver On Earnings
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Dell, J.Crew Beat The Street
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Ericsson Tucks Nortel Away
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Ericsson doubles lead on telco gear market -Dell'Oro
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Smartphone sales up 27% yoy in Q2
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Sony Ericsson Hit Hardest as Smartphones Dip
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Smartphone sales grew 27% yoy in Q2: Gartner
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Smartphone boom eases handset sales pain -Gartner
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NORDIC STOCKS - Factors to watch on Aug 12
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UPDATE 3-Wireless carriers not cutting capex-Ericsson CEO
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UPDATE 2-Wireless carriers not cutting capex-Ericsson CEO
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UPDATE 2-Wireless carriers not cutting capex-Ericsson CEO
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UPDATE 1-Wireless carriers not cutting capex-Ericsson CEO
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