Ericsson, also known as Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), is a publicly owned company headquartered in Sweden. Founded in 1876, the company operates with approximately 135,910 employees and reported $24.2B in revenue as of 2025. Functioning as a multinational networking and telecommunications company, it specializes in enterprise and telecoms software.

2025 Revenue

Founded

1876

Headcount

135,906

Headquarters

Sweden

Primary Segment

Enterprise and telecoms software

Ownership

Publicly Owned

Deployments

31

News Summary:

Ericsson's Annual Report 2025, released on March 20, 2026, outlined sustainability as a core pillar of its growth strategy, targeting net zero greenhouse gas emissions across its value chain by 2040, encompassing Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions. On the same day, Magnus Ewerbring, CTO APAC at Ericsson, noted that artificial intelligence is increasingly transforming telecom networks into autonomous, self-optimizing systems, with its role expanding from operational support to core network functionality. Earlier on March 20, families of U.S. civilians and service members killed or wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan filed a lawsuit in D.C. federal court, alleging Ericsson made protection payments to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group, thereby helping to fund their activities. Also on March 20, Ericsson and SK Telecom signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen their collaboration on mobile network technologies, spanning from 5G to future 6G, aimed at driving innovation in next-generation connectivity.

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Ericsson offers 2 products in the telecoms tech industry. Ericsson's product portfolio comprises of telecoms network infrastructure and enterprise and telecoms software.
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Ericsson's revenues were $24.2B in 2025. Caretta Research has split Ericsson's revenue into 2 different product categories, the largest of which is telecoms network orchestration, which represents 51% of Ericsson's revenue.
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Ericsson's customers primarily consist of telecoms companies. Examples of Ericsson's customers include AT&T, Vodafone and Telstra. Ericsson has commercial and technical partners like Vodafone, Huawei and Dell Technologies. Examples of Ericsson's suppliers include Telestream, Telstra and Imagine Communications.

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