Ericsson takes control of 3 UK network

Sean10 · 06-12-2005, 20:35

Not sure exactly what this means though while I was in Sweden during this year, their 3 network had almost 90% SonyEricsson handsets. Also Ericsson have control of 3's networks in Italy and Australia.

http://today.reuters.com/business/ne...RICSSON-DC.XML

http://www.mobileeurope.co.uk/news/n...y.ehtml?o=1647

wavejockglw · 06-12-2005, 21:01

Maybe Ericsson will be able to make the service useable. 3's call reliability has and continues to be appalling (dropped calls, failed calls etc), that's why Hutchison have to give it away.

Dan 8t1 · 07-12-2005, 12:21

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Originally Posted by wavejockglw

Maybe Ericsson will be able to make the service useable. 3's call reliability has and continues to be appalling (dropped calls, failed calls etc), that's why Hutchison have to give it away.

Is that a broken record I hear..?

Dan

dreamypuma · 07-12-2005, 16:55

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Originally Posted by Dan 8t1

Is that a broken record I hear..?

Dan

I'm sure Sony Errisson and Erricson are two independant companies.

wavejockglw · 07-12-2005, 17:48

They are. One is a joint venture between Sony & Ericsson (Handsets) and the other is a telecoms infrastructure specialist (Ericsson AB).

dreamypuma · 07-12-2005, 20:17

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Originally Posted by wavejockglw

They are. One is a joint venture between Sony & Ericsson (Handsets) and the other is a telecoms infrastructure specialist (Ericsson AB).

I seem to recall the swedes selling the consumer aspect of Ericsson to Sony due to thumping losses. The infrastructure part of the company was retained as the profitable part.

I used to deal with Ericsson and Nokia back in the day, particularly when one2one was in its early days Ericsson played a big part in the deployment of there network. Orange used to use Nokia quite a bit. I'm a bit out of touch with it all as I don't deal with this aspect of comms anymore.

06-12-2005, 20:35	#1
Sean10 Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Plymouth, Devon Posts: 340	Ericsson takes control of 3 UK network Not sure exactly what this means though while I was in Sweden during this year, their 3 network had almost 90% SonyEricsson handsets. Also Ericsson have control of 3's networks in Italy and Australia. http://today.reuters.com/business/ne...RICSSON-DC.XML http://www.mobileeurope.co.uk/news/n...y.ehtml?o=1647 Last edited by Sean10 : 06-12-2005 at 20:40. Reason: More information

06-12-2005, 21:01	#2
wavejockglw Inactive Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Glasgow Posts: 10,276	Maybe Ericsson will be able to make the service useable. 3's call reliability has and continues to be appalling (dropped calls, failed calls etc), that's why Hutchison have to give it away.

07-12-2005, 12:21	#3
Dan 8t1 Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Leicester Posts: 897	Quote: Originally Posted by wavejockglw Maybe Ericsson will be able to make the service useable. 3's call reliability has and continues to be appalling (dropped calls, failed calls etc), that's why Hutchison have to give it away. Is that a broken record I hear..? Dan

07-12-2005, 16:55	#4
dreamypuma Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Earth Posts: 2,129	Quote: Originally Posted by Dan 8t1 Is that a broken record I hear..? Dan I'm sure Sony Errisson and Erricson are two independant companies.

07-12-2005, 17:48	#5
wavejockglw Inactive Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Glasgow Posts: 10,276	They are. One is a joint venture between Sony & Ericsson (Handsets) and the other is a telecoms infrastructure specialist (Ericsson AB).

07-12-2005, 20:17	#6
dreamypuma Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Earth Posts: 2,129	Quote: Originally Posted by wavejockglw They are. One is a joint venture between Sony & Ericsson (Handsets) and the other is a telecoms infrastructure specialist (Ericsson AB). I seem to recall the swedes selling the consumer aspect of Ericsson to Sony due to thumping losses. The infrastructure part of the company was retained as the profitable part. I used to deal with Ericsson and Nokia back in the day, particularly when one2one was in its early days Ericsson played a big part in the deployment of there network. Orange used to use Nokia quite a bit. I'm a bit out of touch with it all as I don't deal with this aspect of comms anymore.

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