Swedish networking equipment maker Telefon AB L.M. Ericsson has announced that to meet the increasing demands for telecom management services in China and the world, the company will set up a new global network operating center in China.

Ericsson's roadshow for its integrated TV solutions has been officially started in Shanghai and this activity will cover 12 cities in China, showcasing the company's latest technologies and solutions for integrated TV.

Ericsson has acquired Guangdong Nortel Telecommunication Equipment Company for USD50 Million.

According to reports in Taiwanese local media, Ericsson has sued companies, including D-Link, Acer and Netgear, in Texas, U.S., for infringement of wireless products.

France-based 4G chipmaker Sequans has opened a new office in Shanghai.

The Indian government has amended its telecom security rules, stating that India telecom operators can resume their imports of Chinese-made telecommunications equipment, but stricter rules will be applied.

According to reports in foreign media, BSNL, the state-owned telecom operator in India, has banned the Chinese telecom equipment makers Huawei and ZTE from the bidding for the GSM projects in the northern and eastern zones in India.

Mats H Olsson, Ericsson's head of China and Northeast Asia, said during the Ericsson Business Innovation Forum held in Shanghai from May 17 to May 18, 2010, that Ericsson has decided not to enter the Chinese CDMA equipment market again.

Ericsson has signed separate framework agreements with China Mobile and China Unicom, with the total value of USD1.8 billion.

Lu Jiansheng, vice president of Sony Ericsson Group and director of Sony Ericsson China, has confirmed that he has departed from the positions.

Indian state-owned telecommunications operator BSNL has announced that it has placed a purchase order of mobile communication equipment of 20 million GSM lines for India's southern zone to the Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei and will not call for any new bids.

Ericsson has gained a contract from China Telecom to upgrade the operator's backbone network in the Yangtze River Delta area with its 40 Gbps DWDM optical transmission solution.

China Mobile has unveiled the results for its third-phase TD-SCDMA network tender which covers 200 Chinese cities.

Chinese telecommunications operator China Mobile has published the ratings for its third round TD-SCDMA equipment tender, with ZTE, Huawei, and Datang gaining listings on the top.

According to a Chinese TD-SCDMA equipment provider, China Mobile will launch its third round 3G wireless network equipment tender on March 16, 2009.