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E2 Business combinations (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Disclosure Of Business Combinations [Abstract] |
Summary of Net Assets Acquired and Total Consideration Transferred Business Combinations | Acquisitions
Acquisitions 2018–2020 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018 |
Total consideration, including cash |  | 9,848 |  | 1,957 |  | 1,314 |
Net assets acquired |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents |  | 314 |  | 142 |  | 94 |
Property, plant and equipment |  | 55 |  | 353 |  | 4 |
Right-of-use of assets |  | 126 |  | — |  | — |
Intangible assets |  | 3,583 |  | 497 |  | 481 |
Investments in associates |  | 167 |  | 101 |  | 64 |
Other assets |  | 1,292 |  | 1,357 |  | 254 |
Provisions, incl. post-employment benefits |  | (16) |  | (102) |  | — |
Other liabilities |  | (2,781) |  | (743) |  | (494) |
Total identiﬁable net assets |  | 2,740 |  | 1,605 |  | 403 |
Costs recognized in net income |  | — |  | 153 |  | — |
Goodwill |  | 7,108 |  | 199 |  | 911 |
Total |  | 9,848 |  | 1,957 |  | 1,314 |
Acquisition-related costs 1) |  | 92 |  | 85 |  | 24 |
1) | Acquisition-related costs are included in Selling and administrative expenses in the consolidated income statement.
The following table shows the provisional fair values at the acquisition date ​​of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed.
Cradlepoint |  |  |
|  | 2020 |
Total consideration – cash |  | 9,498 |
Net assets acquired |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents |  | 297 |
Property, plant and equipment |  | 185 |
Intangible assets |  | 3,330 |
Other assets |  | 1,420 |
Other liabilities 1) |  | (2,797) |
Total identiﬁable net assets |  | 2,435 |
Goodwill |  | 7,063 |
Total |  | 9,498 |
1) | Includes deferred tax liabilities of SEK 1,205 million.
Summary of Business Divestments Transactions | Divestments
Divestments 2018–2020 |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Proceeds 1) |  | 4 |  | 1,569 |  | 226
Net assets disposed of |  |  |  |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment |  | 1 |  | 171 |  | 55
Right-of-use assets |  | 1 |  | 20 |  | —
Investments in associates |  | — |  | 5 |  | 114
Intangible assets |  | 48 |  | 820 |  | 30
Goodwill |  | 4 |  | — |  | —
Other assets |  | 83 |  | 96 |  | 809
Provisions, incl. post-employment beneﬁts |  | (1) |  | 244 |  | (43)
Other liabilities |  | 6 |  | (774) |  | (571)
Total net assets |  | 142 |  | 582 |  | 394
Net gains/losses from divestments |  | (138) |  | 987 |  | (168)
Shares in associated companies 1) |  | — |  | (1,209) |  | —
Cash ﬂow effect |  | 4 |  | 360 |  | 226
1) | Proceeds for 2019 includes cash of SEK 320 million and shares in associated companies of SEK 1,209 million.
Summary of Business Combinations Transactions |
Acquisitions 2018–2020 |  |  |  |  |
Company |  | Description |  | Transaction date |
Cradlepoint |  | A US company providing Wireless WAN Edge 4G and 5G solutions for the enterprise market. |  | Nov 2020 |
Genaker |  | A Spanish provider of Mission Critical Push-to-talk (MC-PTT) solutions. |  | Mar 2020 |
ST-Ericsson |  | The remaining shares were acquired in ST-Ericsson (previously a joint venture). |  | Dec 2019 |
Kathrein |  | A German provider of antenna and filter technologies. |  | Oct 2019 |
CSF |  | A US based company related to the iconectiv business. |  | Aug 2019 |
CENX |  | A US based service assurance technology company. |  | Sep 2018 |
VidScale |  | A US company providing cloud-based Content Delivery Network (CDN) solutions. |  | Mar 2018 |
Placecast |  | A US company that leverages deterministic carrier data to deliver better audience, verification, and insight solutions. |  | Feb 2018 |
Summary of Business Divestments Transactions |
Divestments 2018–2020 |  |  |  |  |
Company |  | Description |  | Transaction date |
MediaKind |  | A divestment of 51% of its MediaKind business. |  | Feb 2019 |
Ericsson Local Services AB (LSS) |  | A divestment of the Local Services company in Sweden. |  | Aug 2018 |
Excellence Field Factory |  | A divestment of the Spanish fiber service operations. |  | Jun 2018 |

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