Ericsson and Akamai Technologies Inc. announced a strategic alliance to improve the end- user Internet experiences such as mobile ecommerce, enterprise applications and Internet content. Ericsson and Akamai claims to bring together the power of mobile networks and the cloud to open new business opportunities for both operators and content providers by creating a new business model.

The market is becoming increasingly mobile. As an example, advanced Smartphone devices will grow 4-5 times to 2016 and the generated traffic will grow about 30 times, so end-to-end quality of experience becomes key, said Hans Vestberg, President and CEO, Ericsson. Ericsson is the world leader in high-performance mobile broadband networks and Akamai handles hundreds of billions of daily Web interactions this is truly a beneficial partnership for the entire mobile and content industries he added.

Combining the power of Akamais global network with Ericssons industry expertise will allow the mobile industry to reinvent the way it works with content and application providers and will help end-users get the best possible experience when accessing the Web from their mobile devices, said David Kenny, President of Akamai.

Ericsson estimates that there will be almost 5 billion mobile broadband subscriptions by 2016 and an explosive growth in the Internet content and applications that people want to access on their mobile devices.