Ericsson Mobile Platforms
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| Subsidiary, Aktiebolag | |
| Industry | Wireless Semiconductors |
| Fate | Dissolved |
| Predecessor | Ericsson Mobile Communications |
| Successor | ST-Ericsson |
| Founded | 1 October 2001 |
| Defunct | 2009 |
| Headquarters | Lund, Sweden |
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Key people
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Tord Wingren, Sandeep Chennakeshu, Robert Puskaric |
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Number of employees
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2,100 (as of 2009) |
| Parent | Ericsson |
Ericsson Mobile Platforms (EMP) was the name of a company within the Ericsson group that supplied mobile platforms, i.e. the technological basis on which a cellular phone product can be built. The main office was in Lund, Sweden.
EMP was one of the leading suppliers of 3G technology to various brands of phones. EMP did not manufacture chips themselves, but partnered with manufacturers that made them based on their reference design and Intellectual Property Rights. These chips were then only sold to EMP customers. According to the company, EMP held the world’s largest 2G, 2.5G and 3G IPR portfolio, with more than 20,000 granted patents worldwide.
Due to the European telecom crisis in the beginning of the 2000s, Ericsson Mobile Communications became unprofitable, and was split in two parts: one part was merged with the mobile division of Sony and formed SonyEricsson, aimed at developing mobile terminals for the consumer market.
At the same time, the other part of Ericsson Mobile Communications formed Ericsson Mobile Platforms. Some of their customers were Flextronics, HTC, LG Electronics, NEC, Sagem, Sharp, Amoi and of course SonyEricsson. The main focus of the company was around the development of a mobile platform for the third generation of mobile telephony, UMTS.
At the end of 2004 Ericsson Technology Licensing was de-established, and select parts of that company was folded into Ericsson Mobile Platforms.
October 3, 2008 the company showcased a handheld prototype for LTE (fourth generation mobile telephony). At this time, the company stated that they estimated to have the technology available for the market around the year 2011.
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