(IN BRIEF) The Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant in Lithuania has contracted Sweco for €448,000 to evaluate environmental risks for a proposed deep geological repository intended for the final disposal of long-lived radioactive waste. As a vital part of Ignalina’s decommissioning … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Lithuania, Management, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged Air Quality, Belgium, biodiversity, decommissioning, deep geological repository, energy transition, environmental risks, EU agreement, Finland, geological layers, groundwater, Ignalina nuclear power plant, Lithuania, Liudas Zalunskis, Managing Director Sweco Lithuania, partnership, Radioactive waste, RBMK-type reactors, reactor dismantling, site restoration, soil, sustainability, Sustainable Management, Sweco, Sweden
(IN BRIEF) SEB Nordic Energy’s portfolio company Locus Energy, in partnership with Ingrid Capacity, is launching the largest battery energy storage project in the Nordics. The project, which will add 70 MW/140 MWh of storage to its Finnish renewable assets, … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Finland, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Sweden, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged 125 GWh wind portfolio, 2026, 70 MW/140 MWh, energy balancing, Europe, Finnish renewable portfolio, flexible assets, grid-scale battery storage, hydropower, Ingrid Capacity, largest battery energy storage facility, Locus Energy, Nivala Municipality, Nordics, Ostrobothnia, pan-Nordic independent power producer, partnership, Portfolio Manager, Richard Gavel, SEB Nordic Energy, strategic partnership, sustainability, system flexibility, three wind parks, Wind
(IN BRIEF) H&M Studio celebrated the launch of its SS25 collection with a cocktail party in Paris on March 3. The event, inspired by the 1980s woman who effortlessly balances work and play, featured a space designed to resemble a … Read the full press release
Posted in Apparel, Fashion & Beauty, Business, Financial, France, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, Media, News, Retail, Sweden, Technology
Tagged 1980s woman, Ann-Sofie Johansson, Camille Razat, cocktail party, corporate office, Dara Allen, fashion week, H&M Studio, leather pieces, Linda Wikell, Loli Bahia, Lou Hayter, Marais neighborhood, Mia Regan, modern dressing, Paris, Qendresa, sporty details, SS25 collection, statement dresses, strong silhouettes, waistline, Yasmin Wijnaldum
(IN BRIEF) AFRY has signed a new framework agreement with the Swedish Armed Forces and the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) for IT consultancy services. This agreement, spanning three years with the potential for a four-year extension, involves providing services … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Defence, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Security & Safety, Sweden, Technology
Tagged AFRY, Defense Capabilities, digitalization, FMV, Framework Agreement, Information Security, IT consultancy services, IT expertise, IT infrastructure, IT Services, IT systems development, Jens Andersson, Martin Öman, partnership, sustainable solutions, Sweden, Swedish Armed Forces, system testing
(IN BRIEF) stc, Saudi Arabia’s largest mobile network operator, has achieved 100% compliance with GSMA’s signaling security guidelines, becoming one of the few telecom operators globally to do so. This milestone was made possible by the implementation of robust security … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Security & Safety, Sweden, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Abdulaziz Alaqil, adaptive signaling firewall, communication security, compliance, Cybersecurity, data breaches, Diameter, Enea, GSMA, GTP-C, John Huges, location tracking, partnership, penetration testing, personal data security, signaling security, SS7, STC, telecom infrastructure, telecom protection, telecom security, Vision 2030
(IN BRIEF) ABB shareholders who are tax-resident in Sweden and hold shares registered with Euroclear Sweden can opt to receive their dividend in Swedish kronor through the Dividend Access Facility (DAF), avoiding Swiss withholding tax. The application period for the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Sweden, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged ABB, ABB Ltd, Annual General Meeting, CHF/SEK exchange rate, DAF, dividend, Dividend Access Facility, Euroclear Sweden, shareholders, Sweden, Swedish kronor, Swedish tax regulations, Swedish tax rules, Swiss withholding tax, tax-resident
(IN BRIEF) Ericsson and Qualcomm Technologies have successfully completed an interoperability test for 5G railway communications using the n101 frequency band in Europe. This marks a major step in the development of the Future Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS), designed … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Sweden, Technology, Telecom
Tagged 1900 MHz, 5G, 5G NR Standalone, digitalization, Ericsson, FRMCS, Future Railway Mobile Communication System, GSM-R, International Union of Railways, interoperability, Magnus Packendorff, Massive MIMO radio, mobile test platform, MORANE2, n101 frequency band, partnership, Qualcomm Technologies, Qualcomm X85 Modem-RF, railway communications, Sunil Patil, TDD
(IN BRIEF) Ericsson has achieved a key milestone by successfully conducting its first Cloud RAN call using Intel’s Xeon 6 SoC and Dell PowerEdge servers. This marks a significant step in advancing Cloud RAN technology, with the integration of AI … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Sweden, Technology, Telecom
Tagged AI, AI-Driven, AI-RAN, Andrew Vaz, Cloud Native Infrastructure Solution, Cloud RAN, collaboration, Cristina Rodriguez, Dell PowerEdge servers, Ericsson, flexibility, Intel, Machine Learning, Mårten Lerner, multi-vendor environments, network performance, Open RAN, partnership, performance, programmable networks, resource allocation, Scalability, telecommunications, telecommunications networks, virtualized RAN, Xeon 6 SoC
(IN BRIEF) Ericsson and giffgaff, a subsidiary of Telefónica UK, have successfully migrated Ericsson Mediation to AWS, enhancing giffgaff’s ability to collect and process network data for better performance, billing accuracy, and service delivery. This migration supports giffgaff’s strategy of … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Sweden, Technology, Telecom, United Kingdom
Tagged Amazon Web Services, aws, billing accuracy, Cloud transformation, cloud-native applications, cost efficiency, data processing, Ericsson, giffgaff, John Griffin, mediation, microservices, mobile virtual network operator, MVNO, network performance, partnership, pay-as-you-go, public cloud platforms, Scalability, SECURITY, Steve McDonald, Telecom Applications, telecom infrastructure, Telefónica UK
(IN BRIEF) Ericsson and SoftBank have made significant progress in their joint AI-RAN integration research, showcasing advancements such as a prototype of Ericsson’s Cloud RAN software running on NVIDIA’s GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip. The companies have developed an architecture that … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Banks, Business, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Sweden, Technology, Telecom
Tagged AI-RAN, AI-RAN Alliance, AITRAS, artificial intelligence, automation platform, Barcelona 2024, Cloud RAN, compute offloading, Ericsson, GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip, Hideyuki Tsukuda, Jawad Manssour, mobile networks, Mobile World Congress, MoU, network management, network orchestration, NVIDIA, partnership, radio access network, RAN, robotic applications, SoftBank, telecommunications
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Fund (EIF) has pledged SEK 225 million (approximately €20 million) to Behold Ventures, a Swedish venture capital fund, to support early-stage game developers in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. This commitment, which marks the … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Denmark, Entertainment, European Union, Financial, Finland, Government, Iceland, Investment, Luxembourg, News, Norway, Sweden, Technology
Tagged Behold Ventures, Denmark, early stage investment, EIF, European Commission, Finland, game developers, Iceland, InvestEU, MediaInvest, Nordic gaming, Norway, Sweden, venture capital
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a €20 million loan agreement with Universal DX, a Spanish startup pioneering blood-based liquid biopsy solutions for early cancer detection. The investment will accelerate the development and commercialization of their colorectal, … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Telia Company has announced the sale of its TV & Media business, which includes TV4 in Sweden and MTV in Finland, to Schibsted Media for SEK 6.55 billion. This decision aligns with Telia’s strategy to focus on its … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Entertainment, Management, Media, Sweden, Telecom
Tagged advertising-funded channels, connectivity business, customer satisfaction, debt reduction, EBITDA growth, enterprise value, financial outlook, Finland, Free cash flow, Market Abuse Regulation, MTV, MTV Katsomo, multi-year distribution partnership, Nordic media, Patrik Hofbauer, portfolio management, Q3 2025, regulatory approvals, Schibsted, Schibsted history, Schibsted Media, service revenue growth, Siv Juvik Tveitnes, streaming services, Sweden, Telia Company, TV & Media, TV4, TV4 Play
(IN BRIEF) In 2024, Sweden received approximately €1.9 billion in financing from the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group, with over 65% directed toward climate and sustainability initiatives. This funding supported key projects in renewable energy, infrastructure, and digitalization, including wind … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, News, Small Business, Sweden, Technology
Tagged 5G network, Chromafora, City of Stockholm, Climate Action, economic development, EIB Group, EIF, electromobility, energy efficient housing, energy-efficient apartments, environmental sustainability, European Investment Bank, financing, green transition, industrial electrification, InvestEU, job creation, Malmö, partnership, PFAS, renewable energy, SKF, Slussen redevelopment, sustainability, Sweden, Tele2, wind power
(IN BRIEF) Xwatch Safety Solutions, part of Hexagon, is unveiling the MK2 system at Bauma 2025, a cutting-edge safety and control system designed to enhance construction operations with improved precision and efficiency. The MK2 system builds upon the previous MK1, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged bauma 2025, construction operations, construction safety, Dan Leaney, digital transformation, Fleet Safety, heavy construction industry, Hexagon, Hitachi, hydraulic valve blocks, MK2 system, OEM displays, OEM machine integration, Operational Efficiency, proportional motion control, Rated Capacity Indicator, RCI, safety awareness, safety technology, sustainable practices, telematics, teletechnology, Xwatch Safety Solutions
(IN BRIEF) Hexagon has renewed its long-standing partnership with Oracle Red Bull Racing, reinforcing its role as the team’s exclusive metrology partner. The collaboration spans 18 years and has been critical in ensuring the team’s performance with cutting-edge technologies like … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Sports, Sweden, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged 2026 season, 3D laser scanning, aerodynamics, car design changes, Christian Horner, Competition, digitalisation, engineering, F1 Sim Racing World Championship, Formula 1, Formula 1 technology, Hexagon, INNOVATION, Josh Weiss, Max Verstappen, metrology, Oracle Red Bull Racing, partnership, performance, Porsche Esports Supercup, precision, precision tools, racing technology, RB21, RB21 car, regulatory changes, Sim Racing, trackside support
(IN BRIEF) Hexagon’s Geosystems division will be making a notable appearance at bauma 2025, unveiling a range of innovative solutions aimed at improving construction processes. From machine control and safety awareness to digital twins and AI-driven insights, Hexagon will demonstrate … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Construction, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Media, News, Sweden, Switzerland
Tagged AI insights, bauma 2025, construction efficiency, construction innovations, construction technology, Digital Twins, Hexagon, Kobelco K-DIVE, Leica Geosystems, machine control, remote operation technology, safety awareness solutions, surveying solutions, Xwatch
(IN BRIEF) Ericsson, in collaboration with Dell Technologies and Red Hat, is showcasing its work on the O2 interface for Open RAN at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2025. The O2 interface supports the flexible and efficient management of cloud infrastructure … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Media, News, Sweden, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Cloud RAN, Dell Technologies, Ericsson, Intelligent Automation Platform, mobile networks, multi-vendor networks, MWC 2025, network management, O-RAN ALLIANCE, O2 interface, Open RAN, partnership, Red Hat, resource management, telecom ecosystems, telecom infrastructure, telecom innovation
(IN BRIEF) EQT has appointed Per Franzén as its new CEO and Managing Partner, set to take effect on 27 May 2025. Franzén, a long-standing member of EQT, has been pivotal to the firm’s growth and success. Christian Sinding, who … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Ticket sales for the Men’s EHF EURO 2026 have now opened in Denmark and Norway, following Sweden’s early release. This prestigious handball tournament, set to run from 15 January to 1 February 2026, will feature top-tier matches across … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Denmark, Entertainment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Media, News, Norway, Sports, Sweden
Tagged championship, CTS EVENTIM, Danish Handball Federation, Denmark, EHF, EHF European Championships, elite handball, Erik Langerud, European Handball Federation, event, fans, handball, Herning, Jan Kampman, Jens B. Arnesen, Jyske Bank Boxen, Kristianstad Arena, live entertainment, Malmö Arena, Martin Hausleitner, Men’s EHF EURO 2026, Norway, Norwegian Handball Federation, Oslo, partnership, sports experience, sports ticketing management, Sweden, Swedish Organizing Committee, ticket infrastructure, ticket purchasing, ticket sales, ticketing, Tobias Frejfors, Unity Arena, World Handball Championships
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