subject: Update On Ericssons Mobile Infrastructure Strategy [print this page] This report provides an update on Ericssons mobile infrastructure strategy at a time when mobile broadband is finally taking off. We believe Ericsson is well positioned to accommodate the different timelines that operators will adopt for LTE worldwide. Ericsson has been able to secure several LTE deals with front-runners such as Verizon Mobile and TeliaSonera. Being selected by the US operator, and with the acquisition of Nortels CDMA and LTE assets, Ericsson is well positioned to tap the LTE migration opportunities of 3GPP2 operators. While several CDMA operators are LTE front-runners, many HSPA operators are in less of a rush to go to LTE. Thats certainly not an issue for the Swedish vendor, which will leverage its large UMTS/HSPA installed base to sell HSPA+ software in the meantime.
Table of Contents:
Executive summary
In a nutshell
Ovum view
SWOT analysis
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
Overview of Ericssons mobile infrastructure business
Overview of Ericssons organisation
Financial performance
Ericssons financial performance in the first three quarters of 2009
Ericsson acquires Nortels CDMA and LTE businesses
The EricssonNortel deal
CDMA assets strengthen Ericssons position in North America
Focus on Nortels LTE assets
Ericssons blow to NSN
High-level analysis of Ericssons mobile infrastructure business strategy
Strong focus on mobile broadband
Green initiatives for Ericssons mobile infrastructure
Power consumption optimisation software
New site design
Adoption of alternative power sources
Cost-efficient mobile solutions
Ericssons Evo RAN strategy one radio network for all radio technologies
GSM/EDGE business
Ericsson leads the GSM infrastructure market
Ericssons GSM business development strategy to bridge the digital divide
UMTS/HSPA business
UMTS and HSPA+ are here to stay
UMTS and HSPA+ will play a key role in Ericssons mobile broadband strategy
Examples of key UMTS/HSPA radio equipment wins at Ericsson
Ericssons mobile core business
Mobile softswitch and media gateway products
GGSN and SGSN products
Policy management becoming critical in the mobile broadband context
TD-SCDMA business
Ericsson is far behind local vendors for TD-SCDMA
Ericsson has to be active in TD-SCDMA because of the future TD-LTE market opportunity
LTE/SAE business opportunity
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Ericssons LTE portfolio
Ericssons SAE/EPC portfolio
List of Tables
Table 1: Examples of operators using solar-powered solutions from Ericsson
Table 2: Ericssons top ten markets (% of total revenues)
Table 3: Selected vendors public HSPA+ rollouts, trials and plans (as of 3Q09)
List of Figures
Figure 1: Ericsson organisational business structure
Figure 2: Segment split of Ericssons quarterly revenues since 1Q08
Figure 3: Ericssons North American business post-acquisition
Figure 4: Ericssons vision of broadband evolution
Figure 5: Ericssons energy-efficiency goals for its GSM and WCDMA BTS, 200508
Figure 6: Evolution of annual CO2 emissions per subscriber using Ericssons equipment
Figure 7: Ericsson Tower Tube
Figure 8: Non-exhaustive list of deployed green sites by Ericsson
Figure 9: Ericssons Evo RAN approach
Figure 10: Ericssons roadmap for HSPA/HSPA+
Figure 11: From 18 regional MSC Servers to one MSC Server Blade Cluster pool
Figure 12: Ericssons strategy to introduce LTE support in the RAN