Tag: Börje Ekholm

Ericsson appoints Andres Vicente as Head of Market Area South East Asia, Oceania & India

Ericsson announced the appointment of Andres Vicente as its new Head of Market Area South East Asia, Oceania & India and Senior Vice President. Vicente who is currently Head of Ericsson’s Customer Unit Iberia within Market Area Europe & Latin America, will replace Nunzio Mirtillo whose retirement was announced in October 2023. Vicente will take up his new position on May 1,…

Ericsson appoints Chafic Nassif as Head of Market Area North East Asia

Ericsson announced the appointment of Chafic Nassif as its new Head of Market Area North East Asia and Senior Vice President. Nassif who is currently Head of Ericsson’s Customer Unit Latin America North within Market Area Europe & Latin America, will replace Chris Houghton who was appointed Chief Operating Officer of Ericsson in November 2023. Nassif will take up his new…

Ericsson appoints Lars Sandström as CFO

Ericsson announced the appointment of Lars Sandström as its new Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President, and Head of Group Function Finance. Sandström will replace Carl Mellander, whose departure Ericsson announced in April 2023. Sandström will join Ericsson on April 1, 2024, and will be based in Sweden. Lars Sandström is currently Chief Financial Officer and member of the executive team at Getinge – a…

Ericsson announces CFO transition

Ericsson announced that Carl Mellander, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, will step down at the end of the first quarter 2024. Mellander has been with Ericsson for over 25 years and has been a member of its Executive Team since 2016. Börje Ekholm, President and CEO, comments: “For almost 7 years Carl has been a valued…

Ericsson completes acquisition of Vonage

Ericsson has completed its acquisition of Vonage Holdings Corp. (Vonage), supporting Ericsson’s strategy to leverage technology leadership to grow its mobile network business and expand into enterprise. The acquisition provides Ericsson with access to powerful building blocks to offer a full suite of communications solutions including, Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS), UCaaS and CCaaS,…

Ericsson acquires US-based Cradlepoint to accelerate 5G for Enterprise

Ericsson, the world’s leading provider of technology and services to telecom operators, announced it has agreed to acquire Cradlepoint, the US-based market leader in Wireless Edge WAN 4G and 5G Enterprise solutions.  According to the press release, the investment is key to Ericsson’s ongoing strategy of capturing market share in the rapidly expanding 5G Enterprise…