Ericsson CTO leaves for Down Under

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Jens Zander

Ericsson today announced that CTO Håkan Ericsson will move on to take on a new role as head of Ericsson’s business in Australia, New Zeeland and Fiji.  Håkan Ericsson has been the CTO since 2003 and has seen 3G and Mobile Data evolve into the success story it is today. The reasons for moving, one can only speculate, but  the press statement hints “with an Australian wife, Eriksson is no stranger to the country”. Who will the new CTO be  that will guide Ericsson to make the leap across the uncharted waters beyond 4 G ?

About Jens Zander

Professor Jens Zander is professor in Radio Communication Systems at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. He has been among the few in Swedens Ny Teknik magazine's annual list of influential people in ICT that have been given the epithet “Mobile Guru”. He is one of the leading researchers in mobile communication and is the Scientific director of the industry/academia collaboration center Wireless@KTH. His research group focuses on three main areas – the efficient and scalable use of the radio frequency spectrum, economic aspects of mobile systems and application and energy efficiency in future wireless infrastructures.
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