CTS 2013: Ericsson announces new ICT centre for Montreal

TORONTO – While he may have phoned in his keynote address to the Canadian Telecom Summit from Stockholm, Ericsson president and CEO Hans Vestberg made much of the role Canada plays in the company’s research and development plans. Speaking via a live video feed from Ericsson’s global headquarters, Vestberg (pictured) said: “Canada is playing an important role for us when it comes to research and development on many of products.” Vestberg used his opportunity to speak to Canadian Telecom Summit attendees to announce Ericsson’s plan to build a 40,000-square-metre data centre in the Montreal suburb of Vaudreuil-Dorion which will begin...