India second largest sales market for Ericsson in October quarter

India became the second largest sales market for global communications services provider Ericsson in the October-December quarter as the company secured large contracts to supply sophisticated 5G equipment.

India contributed 6 percent of net sales for the telecom network equipment maker, a share smaller than only the United States, which contributed 41 per cent, Ericsson said on Friday.

Japan saw the third largest market for sales at 4 pe rcent, followed by both China and the United Kingdom at 6 percent, the consolidated results of the company showed. India was the second largest market even for the full year (January-December