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Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) announced that Chief People Officer MajBritt Arfert will step down at the end of May 2025 after serving the company for over 38 years, including nearly eight years on the Executive Team. CEO Börje Ekholm praised Arfert's leadership in evolving Ericsson's culture and people strategy. The company will initiate a recruitment process to find her successor, with Arfert continuing in her role until her departure to ensure a smooth transition. Arfert expressed pride in her work transforming the company and confidence in Ericsson's position to expand into enterprise markets.

Ericsson and MasOrange, Spain's largest communications service provider, have announced a five-year Open RAN-ready future-network partnership. The project, starting October 2024, will integrate Orange Spain's and MASMOVIL's networks while deploying 5G Standalone (5G SA) in rural Spain. The partnership includes implementing Ericsson Radio System products, Core solutions, and Massive MIMO technology. MasOrange will gain one of Europe's most extensive 5G Standalone mobile networks, featuring capacity-boosting and energy-efficient solutions. The implementation includes network optimization and densification to enhance coverage in urban and rural areas.

Ericsson and Wipro have successfully transformed the billing experience for Odido's mobile customers in the Netherlands by migrating to the cloud-native Ericsson Billing platform hosted on AWS. The migration, completed in August 2024, transitioned 5 million customers over a single weekend, following the earlier transition of 700,000 Ben MVNO users in November 2023.

This transformation allows Odido to offer innovative 5G services, including the newly-launched Klik&Klaar fixed-wireless access (FWA) solution, with improved operational efficiency and customer experience. Wipro served as the end-to-end system integrator, working closely with Ericsson and Odido to design and implement the solution.

The new billing system provides Odido with a future-proof solution that enhances automation, improves billing accuracy, and enables efficient scaling of new services while reducing operating costs. This migration is a key step in Odido's strategy to deliver exceptional customer experience and monetize the growing demand for 5G services.

Vonage, part of Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC), has launched Vonage Contact Center (VCC) Intelligent Workspace, an AI-powered agent experience integrated into its contact center solution. This new offering enables seamless customer communication across multiple channels through an intuitive AI-powered interface.

Key features include:

• Enhanced interactions across voice, video, chat, and messaging
• Intelligent virtual agents
• Real-time transcription and summarization
• Enhanced Noise Cancellation

VCC Intelligent Workspace leverages Vonage Communications APIs and AI capabilities to empower agents with automation, intelligent insights, and global calling capabilities. The platform offers a multi-mode agent model and integrates with leading CRMs and business productivity tools. It can also be seamlessly integrated with Vonage Business Communications for a unified solution.

Vonage, a global cloud communications leader and part of Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC), has appointed Anthony Bartolo as Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately. Reporting to CEO Niklas Heuveldop, Bartolo will lead corporate strategy and technology, focusing on operational excellence to increase market share and advance Vonage's leadership in UCaaS, CCaaS, CPaaS, and Network APIs.

Bartolo brings over 30 years of experience in scaling global businesses and driving new commercial strategies. He previously served as COO at Bandwidth and held executive roles at Avaya and Tata Communications. His expertise in transitioning to SaaS-based models and expanding into new market segments aligns with Vonage's ambition to lead in creating enterprise applications using advanced network capabilities exposed as APIs.

Airtel Business, the B2B arm of Bharti Airtel, and Vonage, a part of Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC), have partnered to launch Airtel IQ Business Connect, a unified business communications application for enterprises in India. This device-agnostic application aims to simplify customer engagement and overcome data loss challenges during employee transitions.

Key features include:

• Multi-channel capabilities
• Real-time monitoring
• Data loss prevention
• Seamless communication across devices
• No additional hardware investments required

The application is part of Airtel Business's cloud communications offering, Airtel IQ, and is powered by Vonage's Unified Communications as a Service capabilities. This collaboration strengthens Vonage's presence in India, where it has a Research and Development Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru.

Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) has announced the release of its Q3 2024 financial report, scheduled for October 15, 2024, at approximately 7:00 AM CEST. The company will publish a press release with the complete financial report, including tables in PDF format. Following the release, the report will be available on Ericsson's website.

A live video webcast for analysts, investors, and journalists will be held at 9:00 AM CEST on the same day. President and CEO Börje Ekholm and CFO Lars Sandström will comment on the report and take questions during this session. Interested parties can join the webcast or access dial-in information to ask questions. The webcast will also be available on-demand after the event on Ericsson's website.

A recent study by Forrester Consulting, commissioned by Vonage, reveals the significant impact of poor internal collaboration on business performance. 49% of respondents reported that poor collaboration negatively affected customer experience, while 40% noted reduced employee productivity. The study highlights that businesses are seeking integrated communications solutions to improve efficiency, enhance customer experiences, and reduce costs.

Key findings include:

• 38% of businesses lost customers due to ineffective internal collaboration
• 53% aim to improve operational efficiency and productivity
• 48% seek to reduce costs
• 45% state current collaboration tools require more time and money to maintain

The study suggests that cloud-based solutions like UCaaS and CCaaS can help businesses overcome these challenges by providing multiple communication channels under a single vendor platform.

Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) announced that Carolina Dybeck Happe has resigned from its Board of Directors. Dybeck Happe, who joined the board in 2022, was recently appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer at Microsoft. Jan Carlson, Chair of the Board, and Börje Ekholm, President and CEO, both expressed gratitude for Dybeck Happe's contributions and wished her success in her new role.

Ekholm noted that Microsoft is an important partner of Ericsson, and the company looks forward to working with Dybeck Happe in her new capacity. This management change highlights the ongoing relationship between Ericsson and Microsoft, potentially impacting future collaborations between the two tech giants.