Kurt Hellstrom , CEO of Sweden's beleaguered wireless concern Ericsson (nasdaq: ERICY - news - people ), has thrown a temper tantrum, threatening to bail out of the company's joint venture with Japanese consumer electronics giant Sony (nyse: SNE - news - people ) if sales of mobile phones don't start picking up soon.
"The dispute concerns both Ericsson's patented technology that is essential to several telecommunications and networking standards used by Samsung's products as well as other of Ericsson's patented inventions that are frequently implemented in wireless and consumer electronics products, " Ericsson said in a statement.
New data from wireless infrastructure maker Ericsson shows that mobile data traffic jumped 130% in the first quarter of 2011 from 2010.
Networking company Cisco got the top mark from Greenpeace, followed by wireless networking gear vendor Ericsson.
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"Ericsson is maintaining its top position in wireless networking equipment and technology, so the company will not be forced to merge with another player from a purely competitive position perspective, but rather may be forced to merge to reconcile its weak business model and financial condition, " Lesieur said in a note.
Whether MediaTek can compete with Qualcomm and ST-Ericsson, Europe's new champion for wireless chips, remains to be seen.
The wireless joint venture will help extend Ericsson's customer base beyond Sony (nyse: SNE - news - people ), to other handset makers like Nokia (nyse: NOK - news - people ) and Samsung.
Three of the big wireless-telecoms firms, Motorola, Ericsson and Siemens, are already working on a standard platform for mobile games to be played on cellphones and other handheld products.
Rossmans design became part of the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), developed with Ericsson, Motorola mot , and Finlands Nokia nok .
"Ericsson believes that by 2005 more data will be transmitted through wireless technologies than through fixed lines, " Niebert said.
Rossmans design became part of the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), developed with Ericsson, Motorola mot (nyse: mot - news - people), and Finlands Nokia nok (nyse: nok - news - people).
Fifteen years ago Ericsson was still designing and manufacturing the screws that went into its wireless phones.
Ericsson now generates 40% of its revenues with services, for instance by managing wireless networks around the world.
Those that stand to gain most are Motorola, Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Harris, and other large companies, but smaller companies that specialize in wireless infrastructure and devices will also benefit.
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Weinberger, who used to head Siemens' wireless semiconductor group, says his old employer, along with Nokia, Ericsson and others, can instead simply buy Sandbridge chips and advertise "every mode" phones.
Roth's wireless web plan, dubbed "Wings of Light, " takes aim at Ericsson and Nokia, since most of the early sales are in Europe.
Another factor that boosts LM Ericsson in Christy's eyes is its substantial exposure to emerging markets, which are also avid consumers of wireless services.
ST-Ericsson is a world leader in developing and delivering a complete portfolio of innovative mobile platforms and cutting-edge wireless semiconductor solutions across the broad spectrum of mobile technologies.
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