While global RAN sales have been bottoming out in successive quarters, Swedish vendor Ericsson promised investors that there would be some slightly more positive news to share in the second half of 2024. In the firm’s recent earnings, it did beat analysts’ estimates with a drop in sales of 1%, which, though still negative, is a smaller fall than expected. Net sales declined by 4% to SEK 61.8 billion ($5.92 billion), and 1% on an underlying basis, compared with a 7% decline in the second quarter. Adjusted core earnings, or net income, were SEK 7.33 billion ($703 million) compared with SEK 3.9 billion a year earlier, this figure beat analysts’ expectations of SEK 5.75 billion. Ericsson shares rose 9% on…