Private company

Ericsson Hewlett Packard Telecom

Joint venture by Ericsson and Hewlett-Packard

Ericsson Hewlett Packard Telecom (EHPT) was a Swedish consortium made up of 60% Ericsson interests and 40% Hewlett-Packard interests. The company was founded in 1993 as a joint venture owned by Ericsson and Hewlett-Packard. It was an independent, world-class provider of application software and services to telecom operators and has installed 450 operations support and business support systems in 65 countries.2 It ceased to exist in 2001.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1993Founded1

Ericsson Hewlett Packard Telecom (EHPT) was a Swedish consortium made up of 60% Ericsson interests and 40% Hewlett-Packard interests. The company was founded in 1993 as a joint venture owned by Ericsson and Hewlett-Packard. It was an independent, world-class provider of application software and services to telecom operators and has installed 450 operations support and business support systems in 65 countries. Set up by Hewlett-Packard and Ericsson to address the telecoms industries "huge technological challenge in the early 1990s: that of moving from memechanical to electronic switching platforms"...2

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

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Timeline

  1. 2001Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1993Founded Founded1

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