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Podcast: IEN Radio
Episode: $1.2B Scandal Takes Networking Giant Back to the 90s
Description: Back in the late 90s and early 2000s Ericsson was one of the leading names in an emerging product category – mobile communication devices, or cell phones. This was a time before Android and Apple, so the Swedish telecom company was competing against the likes of Motorola, Nokia and Blackberry.During this time the stakes were high, the opportunities higher, and the lay of the mobile networking land in many emerging markets resembled the Wild West. So, although the company stopped producing phones more than 15 years ago, some of those early practices apparently continued. And now they’re abou...