About Ericsson India
Ericsson has been associated with the Indian telecom industry for over 110 years. Its’ customer base pans across all the
major operators in the region. Its’ partnership with India began in 1903, when we supplied manual switchboards to the
Government of India. Since then, It has powered virtually every facet of telecommunications in India, across Mobile
broadband, Managed Services and more recently in new areas like Media, IT and Industries. It has successfully
partnered the growth of the country's cellular revolution since 1994, when cellular services were first launched in India.
In line with the Government's "Make in India" initiative a manufacturing facility has been set up in Pune, Maharashtra.
This facility in addition to catering to the local needs will cater to markets in South-east Asia, Middle East and Sub-
Saharan Africa.
Ericsson Global Services, established in India in 2010, has been set up to manage operator networks across
geographies. This strengthens Its’ existing worldwide capabilities in Consulting & Systems Integration Services,
Managed Services, IP & Broadband R&D and Revenue Management R&D supporting local, regional and global
customers.
Ericsson's R&D facilities in Gurugram, Chennai and Bengaluru focus on value-added applications for the pre-paid,
multimedia segments. The Bengaluru R&D Center also works on Ericsson's SmartEdge (SE) and Smart Services Router
(SSR) and Software Defined Networks (SDN) product lines.
With over 23,253 resIts’ces in India as of March 31st 2017, we have been ranked the top telecom company to work for
in the Indian telecom industry by Great Place to Work Institute.
Founded: 1876
Parent company: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
Global headquarters: Stockholm, Sweden Top Competitors
President and CEO: Börje Ekholm
Chairman of The Board: Ronnie Leten
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Financial facts
Net sales, Q3 2018: SEK 53.8 billion 2
Operating income Q3 2018: SEK 3.2 billion
Listed: Nasdaq Stockholm and on NASDAQ in New York 3
Number of employees worldwide
South East Asia, Oceania and India: 23,607 4
North East Asia: 12,495
North America: 9,459
Europe and Latin America: 44,695*
Middle East and Africa: 4,243 5
Total 94,499
* of which Sweden: 12,679
(numbers from the latest interim report)
Gender breakdown (Dec 31, 2017): 6
Female 23%
Male 77%
Company governance:
Group management team 7
Board members
R&D facts 8
Number of patents: 45,000
R&D employees: 23,600 (Dec 31, 2017)Patent facts
Number of patents: 45,000 Licensing agreements: 100
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Erricson & 5G technology –
Aiming to bring the latest innovations and creating a 5G ecosystem in India, global
communications technology leader Ericssonon Friday showcased the first-ever live 5G end-to-end demonstration in
the [Link] demonstration using Ericsson's 5G test bed and 5G New Radio (NR) delivered a throughput of 5.7
Gbps and ultra-low latency of 3 millisecond.
Practise questions for Erricsson interview (based on pan India student experience in
Erricsson Interviews)
Excerpts from interview #1:
Technical interview:
Tell me about yourself.
What is your favorite subject?
What is SQL?
What do know about commands?
What is tcp/ip model?
Write one of your favorite programs in any programming language.
Give me an example of array and linked list? Where they can be used?
Tell me something about Linux Commands.
What is the difference between packet switching and circuit switching?
HR interview:
Tell me something about your family?
Do you have any relocation problem?
Are you willing to work at nights and weekends?
What is your greatest strengths?
What kind of salary are you looking for?
What major problem have you had to deal with recently?
Excerpts from interview #2:
Technical interview:
Tell me about yourself.
What is your favorite subject?
What do you mean by ionospheric bending?
What is the basic concept of frequency re-use?
Tell me about Bluetooth.
What is CDMA?
What are the advantages of spread spectrum?
Tell me the steps involved in demodulating a signal.
HR interview:
Tell me about yourself.
Why Ericsson?
What is your strength?
Tell me something about your family background.
Where do you want to be placed?
If you and your friend got placed in ericsson, what extra efforts you can give for the company?
Excerpts from interview #3:
Technical interview:
What do you mean by radio environment in building?
Tell me some advantages of GSM.
What are the various types of numbers for network identity?
What are the functions of Base Station System?
What are the parts of Network Management System?
Tell me some applications of DSP?
What do you know about telecommunications?
HR interview:
Tell me something about your projects.
How will you work for the next 60 days if you are selected?
How do you feel when you are forced to do something at work which you don’t want to do?
Are you comfortable with relocation?
How will you handle work pressure?
What is your goal in life?
What is success according to you?
Excerpts from interview #4:
Technical interview:
What is jump statement in C++?
List different attributes in C++?
Write a code to generate divisors of an integer?
How do you use a “Local Block”?
What are the characteristics of modern DBMS?
What is nested loop? What is dangling else condition in it?
HR interview:
Tell me about some of your recent goals and what you did to achieve them.
What are your short- term goals?
Do you have any plans for further education?
How much training do you think you will need to become a productive employee?
Excerpts from interview #5:
Technical interview:
Give some differences between open loop and closed loop?
What does Bode plot tell you?
Do closed loops systems require manual input?
What type of DC motor would you see for a lift?
Tell me the role of a car driver as one of a feedback mechanism.
What is DC series motor?
How does an induction motor start?
HR interview:
Tell me about a time when you made a bad decision.
What changes would you make at your college?
How long can you commit to work with us?
What is your negative point that you want to improve?
What do you think who is responsible for oil hike prices?
What kind of salary are you looking for?
Tell me about a time when you got bogged down in the details of a project.
Excerpts from interview #6:
Technical interview:
Why C language is a procedural language?
What are the different phases of a compiler?
What do you mean by JVM?
What is a DC series motor?
Do closed loops systems require manual input?
How does an induction motor start?
HR interview:
Tell me something about yourself and your family.
How long can you commit to work with us?
What are you expecting from the company?
Do you handle pressure well?
Is money important to you?
Why did you choose to attend your college?
What do you want to be in the future?
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