Ericcson could become the aggregator of Internet of things data and build software experiences on top of this.

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Earlier on Monday, Ericcson announced that it was acquiring Microsoft's Mediaroom property.

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Ericcson and Cisco estimates there will be 50 billion connected devices by 2020 as we look to add sensors in just about everything.

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In August, Ericcson Chief Executive Kurt Hellstrom grumped that if sales didn't pick up soon, he would consider walking away from the joint venture.

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In mid-May, Clearwire transferred about 700 employees involved in network management and services to Ericcson, one of the three vendors Sprint recently chose for outsourcing its network management activities.

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Fans of the Sony Ericcson-made arc S will find that this device is more spiritual successor than next of kin, as the TL still carries on that curved body legacy, but at 129.4 x 67.3 x 9.35mm (5.1 x 2.6 x 0.4 inches) it's more than half a millimeter thicker.

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