With a heritage spanning more than 120 years, Ericsson UK & Ireland stands as a cornerstone of the region’ s telecommunications landscape. Supporting up to 80 million mobile subscriptions in the UK and maintaining a global centre of excellence in Ireland, Ericsson is at the forefront of 5G rollout, digital innovation and critical infrastructure modernisation.

Blessing Makumbe, Vice President and Head of Cloud Software & Services for the UK and Ireland at Ericsson shares his journey, the company’ s pivotal role in shaping the industry and his vision for the future of connectivity.

A career built on transformation Blessing’ s journey into telecommunications began at the University of Cape Town, where he studied electrical engineering and discovered a passion for the field.“ I’ ve been in the telecoms space for nearly two decades now,” he reflects.“ What started at university quickly became a lifelong pursuit.”

After early roles at Siemens( later Nokia) and a leadership position at Vodacom, a subsidiary of Vodafone, he joined Ericsson.“ It’ s been almost 11 years with Ericsson now, an incredible journey through different geographies and technologies,” he says. telcomagazine. com 51