Ericsson India to hire 83 engineers for Bengaluru R&D

NEW DELHI: Swedish technology company Ericsson will hire 83 engineers for its Research and Development centre in Bengaluru by the end of this year.

With this, the company plans to further augment this facility this year by expanding its engineering base by around 15%. Ericsson plans to add to its workforce by hiring in the areas of Cloud, IP Routing, Network Function Virtualization (NFV), and Virtual Platforms.

Presently, Bengaluru is a major R&D center in India for Ericsson, which employs over 550 strong workforce, working on solutions for India as well as for global markets.

“This will help solidify our foundation and sharpen our focus in IP which continues to be an area of investment and growth for us," said Sanjeev Tyagi, Vice President and Head of Ericsson’s Business Unit Cloud & IP, R&D India.

Under its IP Edge portfolio, the company is continuing to strengthen its Broadband Network Gateway (BNG) solution deployed on the Smart Services Router (SSR) platform, which helps drive adoption of video and cloud services through an increasingly connected home, offering the end-user a rich and personalized, connected experience.

“The objective before the team is to build carrier grade IP routers and solutions which will help Ericsson build a leadership position in IP and we are intensely focused on achieving this objective”, Tyagi said.

In addition to the IP Edge portfolio, the Bengaluru R&D team has been making solid contributions in Software Defined Networking (SDN) technologies.

According to Tyagi, “The Controller forms the center-piece of the SDN solution and this team has performed phenomenally well in going from concept to a shipping product in a very short time”

While the product teams deliver high quality software to demanding customers, Ericsson’s research team in Bengaluru is actively working on technologies that will play a prominent role in the Networked Society of the future. “Our research team is developing advanced technologies in the areas of cloud , management and operations of emerging networks for 5G and the Networked Society”, Tyagi added.

Globally, Ericsson spent 36.3 billion SEK last year on R&D. In line with its strategy to establish leadership in targeted areas, the company has increased its R&D activities in IP and Cloud.

In India, Ericsson has three R&D facilities - in Gurgaon, Chennai and Bengaluru - focusing on IP, Cloud, SDN, Multimedia Telephony, and Support Solutions including billing, charging and mediation. As of today, over 160 patents have been filed by Ericsson’s R&D Centers in India.