India’s Minister of Commerce and Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal, has visited Ericsson’s Stockholm headquarters as part of an official visit to Switzerland and Sweden to strengthen strategic and economic ties.
JUN 16, 2025
Ericsson CTO, Erik Ekudden, and India’s Minister of Commerce and Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal, at the Ericsson Imagine Studio in Stockholm, June 12, 2025.
An Ericsson delegation, headed by Chief Technology Officer Erik Ekudden, highlighted some of Ericsson’s latest 5G products, solutions and demos at the company’s Imagine Studio in Stockholm, following discussions about Ericsson’s Indian operations and capabilities in a closed meeting with Minister Goyal.
“It was a great honor to host Minister Goyal and his delegation at the Ericsson Imagine Studio,” Ekudden said. “India is a strategically important country for Ericsson – not just as a vital and highly-skilled part of our global employee base, but also as a frontrunner 5G market, with great potential to benefit from programmable network capabilities and connectivity innovation.”
India’s Minister of Commerce and Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal, tries a 5G-connected screwdriver at the Ericsson Imagine Studio in Stockholm, June 12, 2025.
More than 21,500 of Ericsson’s approximately 93,000 global workforce are employed in India – of which more than 2,000 work in R&D – making India Ericsson’s largest workforce on a country basis.
With more than 99 percent geographical coverage and rapid uptake, India is at the forefront of global 5G rollout. Ericsson has played a key role by equipping operators with 5G products and solutions, the majority of which are manufactured in India.
Ericsson has been growing its manufacturing commitments in the country. Ericsson was the first telecom company to “make in India” in 1994 and has since significantly scaled up manufacturing and R&D operations.
Ericsson manufactures 4G and 5G infrastructure at its Pune facility with Jabil. Ericsson Antenna System (EAS) recently expanded its local manufacturing footprint in India by commencing local antenna production in collaboration with technology partner VVDN Technologies.
India’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry said Minster Goyal’s five-day official visit to Switzerland and Sweden underscored the country’s commitment to deepening strategic and economic partnerships with European nations – and advanced robust trade and investment ties. The ministry said the nations had a shared vision for resilient global growth.
“This visit reflects the deepening alignment of strategic priorities between India and its European partners, aiming to translate high-level commitments into sustainable economic partnerships that foster innovation, resilience, and shared growth” an Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry statement read.
Ericsson CTO Erik Ekudden guides India’s Minister of Commerce and Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal, at th Ericsson Imagine Studio in Stockholm.
The Indian delegation at the June 12 visit included Saket Kumar, Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce; Mr. Sanjiv, Joint Secretary, Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade; Anurag Bhushan, Ambassador-Designate to Sweden; Rakesh Kumar Tiwari, Chargé d’affaires, Embassy of India in Sweden; and Divya Pratap Singh, Section Officer, Department of Commerce.
The Swedish Ambassador to India, Jan Thesleff, also attended, as well as Sofia Högman and Pawan Tahlani from Business Sweden.
Minster Goyal’s other Swedish engagements, arranged by Business Sweden, included meetings with Benjamin Dousa, Sweden’s Minster for Foreign Trade and International Development Cooperation; visits to other large-scale Swedish companies; and Co-Chairing the latest session of Indo-Swedish Joint Commission for Economic, Industrial and Scientific Cooperation.
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