https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Swedish telecoms giant Ericsson has delivered more bad news after it reported losses in the third quarter of 2016, with a net loss of 233 million kronor ($26 million) in the period. https://www.thelocal.se/20161021/more-misery-for-ericsson-as-third-quarter-produces-loss Fri, 21 Oct 2016 14:11:51 +0200 more-misery-for-ericsson-as-third-quarter-produces-loss Swedish telecoms giant Ericsson has fired its long-standing CEO Hans Vestberg, but said he will receive a severance package amounting to millions of kronor. https://www.thelocal.se/20160725/struggling-ericsson-pulls-plug-on-ceo-vestberg Mon, 25 Jul 2016 10:46:22 +0200 struggling-ericsson-pulls-plug-on-ceo-vestberg A Swedish mother of two has been linked to Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik after a mobile broadband SIM card registered in her name was discovered in a computer found on Breivik's farm. https://www.thelocal.se/20111228/38192 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 10:58:00 +0100 38192 A Swedish man who sometimes wears a silver-coloured suit to protect himself from mobile phone mast radiation has demanded that local officials in Dalarna in central Sweden create a “radiation-free zone” to protect his health that may leave half the county without mobile phone coverage. https://www.thelocal.se/20111125/37576 Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:28:00 +0100 37576 Canadian telecom giant RIM is trying to break into the Scandinavian market and make consumers choose the Blackberry instead of the highly popular iPhone. https://www.thelocal.se/20111111/37302 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:14:00 +0100 37302 Nordic telecoms giant TeliaSonera on Tuesday posted a small drop in its first quarter net profit and sales and revised down its full-year sales expectations due to slower growth and currency fluctuations. https://www.thelocal.se/20110419/33288 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:20:00 +0200 33288 Sweden's Riksdag backs the banning of texting while driving and the introduction of a hands-free requirement while making calls at the wheel. https://www.thelocal.se/20110404/33000 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 13:49:00 +0200 33000 Zimbabwe's largest mobile operator, Econet Wireless, has secured a $60-million loan facility from Swedish export credit agency EKN to expand its infrastructure, the firm said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20100811/28314 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:54:00 +0200 28314 Almost every second Swede has read or written mobile phone text messages while driving, according to a new study. Calls are now being made for drivers to be banned from using mobiles at the wheel. https://www.thelocal.se/20100716/27840 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:03:00 +0200 27840 Mobile phone manufacturer Sony Ericsson reported a second quarter running of net profits Friday after a period of loss last year, saying it had pushed up prices by focusing on the top end of the https://www.thelocal.se/20100716/27824 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:48:00 +0200 27824 Swedes sent a total of 16.3 billion text messages in 2009, an increase of 65 percent on 2008 and more than the number of calls made on the country's mobile telecom networks, a new report from the Swedish Post and Telecom Agency (Post- och telestyrelsen - PTS). https://www.thelocal.se/20100603/27014 Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:23:00 +0200 27014 Swedes now spend longer talking on mobile phones than on fixed lines, according to new calculations. https://www.thelocal.se/20100521/26774 Fri, 21 May 2010 13:05:00 +0200 26774 Swedish-Japanese handset maker Sony Ericsson unveiled its new smartphones on Sunday as it seeks to close the gap on its main competitors. https://www.thelocal.se/20100215/25002 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:10:00 +0100 25002 Sony Ericsson plans to reduce the workforce at facilities in Lund in southern Sweden by 15 percent, putting 450 of the mobile handset manufacturer’s employees out of work. https://www.thelocal.se/20091216/23870 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:42:00 +0100 23870 Mobile phone manufacturer Sony Ericsson gave redundancy notices to 130 employees on Wednesday in conjunction with plans to close a development centre in Kista, north of Stockholm. https://www.thelocal.se/20091119/23350 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:37:00 +0100 23350 Telecoms operator TeliaSonera announced solid quarterly results on Wednesday, hitting targets for the year despite difficult conditions in the Baltics. https://www.thelocal.se/20091028/22926 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:39:00 +0100 22926 Swedish telecom equipment manufacturer Ericsson announced third quarter pretax profits of 4 billion kronor ($580 million), a 35 percent drop from the 6.2 billion kronor reported for the same quarter last year. https://www.thelocal.se/20091022/22804 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:04:00 +0200 22804 Sony Ericsson’s CEO said on Thursday that his company faced “difficult” times, as falling handset sales dented the mobile phone maker’s second quarter earnings. https://www.thelocal.se/20090716/20734 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:06:00 +0200 20734 The Swedish business of Norwegian telecom operator Telenor announced plans on Wednesday to slash 400 jobs in Sweden due to disappointing sales figures. https://www.thelocal.se/20090603/19850 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:29:00 +0200 19850 Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson announced plans on Friday to slash 2,000 more jobs after posting a loss of €293 million ($384 million) in the first quarter of 2009. https://www.thelocal.se/20090417/18906 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:56:00 +0200 18906