Ericsson Appoints Jan Karlsson Head of Digital Services
July 18 2018 - 3:39AM
Dow Jones News
By Dominic Chopping
STOCKHOLM--Telecommunications-equipment company Ericsson AB
(ERIC) said Wednesday it has appointed Jan Karlsson as head of its
digital services unit, effective 1 August, 2018.
Mr. Karlsson has been acting in the position since February 1,
2018.
Ericsson Chief Executive Borje Ekholm said "Under his leadership
he has ensured that we have continued to execute on our plans to
turn the business around in digital services."
In Ericsson's second quarter report, published Wednesday, the
digital services unit saw sales fall 11% to 8.8 billion Swedish
kronor ($99.8 million), while the gross margin rose to 39.1% from
33.2%. Legacy product sales in the unit continued to decline in the
quarter while new product sales declined mainly due to a contract
delay in North East Asia, Ericsson said.
"Digital services is tracking towards a turnaround," Mr. Ekholm
said in today's quarterly report. "The top priority is to turn
around performance in the segment, but we are in parallel
accelerating investments to make the portfolio 5G ready."
Write to Dominic Chopping at dominic.chopping@wsj.com; Twitter:
@domchopping @WSJNordics
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