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Wi-Fi boosts Ericsson and Cisco link
The alliance allows both companies to sell more complete network systems to carriers and to go after new customers such as arenas and large shopping centres
Stockholm — Ericsson is deepening its co-operation with Cisco Systems, adding Wi-Fi products that could help Sweden’s struggling maker of mobile networks land new customers. Cisco, the largest maker of internet network equipment such as routers and switches, and Ericsson are adding Wi-Fi to a products pact announced 14 months ago. The alliance allows both companies to sell more complete network systems to carriers and to go after new customers such as arenas and large shopping centres, which need more robust networks to handle large crowds with mobile devices. "By adding Wi-Fi solutions into the partnership, we will enable our customers to offer best-in-class Wi-Fi in their networks," Ericsson’s head of North America, Rima Qureshi, said. The expanding Cisco venture provides Ericsson with crucial support as it struggles through an industry slump and competition with Nokia and Huawei Technologies. Rather than merge with an internet equipment maker — as Nokia did with Alcatel-Lucent in...
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