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A team of students from Split, with the support from Ericsson Nikola Tesla’s experts, achieved excellent results in this year’s Ericsson Innovation Awards competition. They have become one of 15 teams in the semi-finals who have entered top 1 percent of teams against tough international competition of over 2000 teams, including more than 6800 students from 69 countries. This is the second time in the last three years that students from Split achieved success in this competition.

On 15 May 2019, at the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb, a Partnership Agreement related to a three-year ProLog project was signed. The Agreement was signed by the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, the Faculty of Maritime Studies of the University of Rijeka, University North, Ericsson Nikola Tesla and Orbico. The project aims to develop the higher education standards of the profession, qualification standards and study programs on the basis of the Croatian Qualifications Framework in transport and logistics. The project is based on resources from the European Social Fund, Operational Programme Efficient Human Resources 2014-2020.

The signing of contracts with four selected contractors in the project “Improvement of energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy sources at Ericsson Nikola Tesla d.d.” marked the completion of the first phase of the works. These works will reduce the yearly energy consumption by more than 4.6 million kWh as well as reduce CO2 emissions by nearly 1400 tonnes.

Issuing of commercial license enables long-term strategic partners to go live with 5G. Swisscom consumers to enjoy commercial 5G services in 54 initial cities and communities across Switzerland, enabled by Ericsson’s advanced 5G network features. Ericsson Spectrum Sharing will allow Swisscom to reach its goal of nationwide 5G coverage by end of 2019.

Ericsson Nikola Tesla participates in the European Union project “BENEFIT - Boosting the telecommunications engineer profile to meet society and industry needs”. The aim of the project is to modernize studies in ICT field in the Western Balkans region.

Ericsson, Volvo Construction Equipment (CE), and Telia are operating Sweden’s first 5G network for industrial use, placing Volvo CE among the early global pioneers to test remote-controlled machines and autonomous solutions with the technology.

Partners to develop a new digital skill learning program with specific emphasis on scaling up Artificial Intelligence (AI) skill development for young people. AI can accelerate the process of achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 - Quality Education - as well as fulfilling other SDGs.

On December 19 in Podgorica, in accordance with the frame agreement between Crnogorski Telekom and Ericsson Nikola Tesla, Nikola Ljušev, CEO of Crnogorski Telekom, and Gordana Kovačević, MSc, president of Ericsson Nikola Tesla, agreed on a cooperation amounting to more than MHRK 50 related to the new investment cycle of Crnogorski Telekom by the end of 2021 in the field of radio access network and mobile core network as well as other significant projects.

Ericsson, Telia Company and KTH Royal Institute of Technology today launched a 5G network on the KTH campus in Stockholm. First 5G network on air in Sweden based on standardized and commercial radio and core products. Testbed for innovation and research open for industry partners and academia.

At the ceremony of signing a grant agreement by the Minister of Environment and Energy Tomislav Ćorić, PhD, the Director of the Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund Dubravko Ponoš and the 77 users, the decision on financing selected proposals submitted under the “Increasing Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Sources in Manufacturing Industries” call for proposals in the framework of the “Competitiveness and Cohesion” Operational Program 2014-2020, was officially confirmed. On this occasion, Ericsson Nikola Tesla was awarded a maximum of HRK 20 million for a complex and valuable project, which will eventually result in savings amounting to over 4.6 million kWh and in a reduction in CO2 emissions by nearly 1400 tonnes on a yearly basis.