5G technology: a paradigm shift hits its stride as the frontrunner in sports - Ericsson
Channel: Purdue Engineering
Date: 2021-02-14

As many of our cell phones turn to novel 5G, you may not realize its great potential. Did you know it can even impact the sporting world? Find out more as Purdue Materials Engineering PhD student Anna Giesler interviews Erik Ekudden, CTO of Ericsson, and Jan Söderström, Vice President of Ericsson USA discuss how the low latency, high performance, and long battery life that 5G offers will radically impact the way athletes train and compete, fans watch and engage, and organizers plan and run events. This interview is part of a series by the Purdue University's Ray Ewry Sports Engineering Center for the International Olympic Committee. 

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Interviewee Bios:  
Erik Ekudden: Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer and Head of Group Function Technology
As Group CTO, Erik Ekudden is responsible for setting the direction of technology leadership for the Ericsson Group. Ekudden first joined Ericsson in 1993 working on mobile systems research. He has served as research area director and vice president of standardization. During his career, his team created technology and multimedia functionality that are now used in today’s smartphones worldwide. This team also conducted some of the first work on virtual and augmented reality for mobile systems. He has worked to create global mobile systems for 3G, 4G and 5G in close collaboration with customers.

He holds a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. Ekudden is since 2020, member of the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development.

Jan Söderström: Vice President and Head of Technology Office Silicon Valley
Jan Söderström is Vice President and Head of Technology Office Silicon Valley at Ericsson reporting to Ericsson Group CTO. In this capacity he drives the Ericsson technology leadership work in 5G, Cloud and IoT in a collaboration with ecosystem partners in Silicon Valley. A central part in this work is the co-creation work in D-15 Labs, enabling partners and customers to develop and test new use cases on a real 5G network platform.

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