Ericsson to invest $1.5B in South Korea
By Hercules Kataveli, B2P
Published on Sunday July 12, 2009 at 1:31 pm ET
Updated 05-2-10, 11:53 pm ET
Swedish-based telecom network maker Ericsson has announced it will be investing $1.5 billion over the next five-years in South Korea to build a research center to create fourth-generation network equipment.
Under the plan, Ericsson will employee a total of 1,000 people at its South Korean-based unit, up from just under 100 current employees.
Ericsson CEO Carl-Henric Svanberg announced the plan today during a meeting in Sweden with South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak.
The new 4G wireless technologies will be sold around the world to telecoms.
 Hercules holds a B.Comm Finance from Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) level 3 candidate. He was previously a contributor at FiLife, a finance website owned by Dow Jones and IAC. Write to [email protected] |
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