Bloomberg reports that Ericsson has agreed to acquire Microsoft Corp.’s Mediaroom business, which provides software for phone companies to provide television online. . Read More

Bloomberg reports that Ericsson is in talks to purchase Microsoft Corp.'s IPTV business, which makes software utilized by phone companies like AT&T Inc. to provide TV online, and the deal could be announced in a few years. . Read More

Reuters reports that STMicroelectronics and Ericsson have decided to end their mobile chip partnership ST-Ericsson. They will split up the parts of the business amongst them and shut down the rest along with the loss of about 1,600 jobs. . Read More

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), one of the largest Internet content delivery networks headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, today released its Third Quarter, 2012 State of the Internet report. . Read More

Here's an interesting article from Kevin Fitchard of GigaOm about a crowdsourced project involving a Swedish DJ and producer Avicii and the mobile company Ericsson in which producers and Avicii fans around the world can collaborate to make the producer’s next single. . Read More

A new report from Ericsson forecasts, among other things, that PC and tablet mobile subscriptions will almost close the gap with the number of fixed broadband subscriptions by 2017 as consumers continue to demand access at their convenience. Read More

Sony and Ericsson announced that the mobile handset business will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony, ending their decade-long partnership. Under terms of the agreement, Ericsson will receive EUR 1.05 billion (about $1.47 billion) in cash. Read More