Ericsson and Telia to Co-Operate On WCDMA in Sweden
STOCKHOLM, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 16, 1998--Ericsson and Telia will co- operate on a new WCDMA
experimental system in Stockholm, Sweden. The system will be jointly used to demonstrate and evaluate third-generation wireless
services, like wireless Internet and multimedia.
WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) is the radio technology recently chosen as the basis for a standard for next
generation wireless systems in Europe. WCDMA is also being standardized in Japan, where commercial third-generation services
are expected as early as the year 2001.
Ericsson will set up the new WCDMA system in early autumn. Telia, the largest network operator in Sweden, will take an active
part in testing the system, which will initially be used by Telia and Ericsson.
The WCDMA system will also be connected to Telia's GSM network to demonstrate the possibilities of integrating current and
upcoming technologies.
''Another purpose is to use the experimental system to optimize performance measurements in WCDMA,'' says Lorentz
Engstrvm, Head of Strategic Business Development at Telia Mobile.
Ericsson has been a WCDMA pioneer since the mid-1980s and is now at the forefront of this radio technology. WCDMA is from
the very beginning optimized for advanced wireless services, e.g. wireless datacom services, wireless Internet and other next
generation wireless services, in relation to basic second-generation systems that were optimized for voice services.
Earlier this year Ericsson supplied a WCDMA experimental system to the Japanese network operator NTT DoCoMo. Later on
in 1998 another experimental system will be supplied to Japan Telecom. Moreover, Ericsson will also supply a WCDMA system
to Germany, to be jointly evaluated with the operators Mannesmann Mobilfunk and DeTe Mobil.
Telia is the leading supplier of telecom-based information services in the Nordic/Baltic region. At the same time, ''seamless''
pan-European and global services are being realized through powerful alliances and partnerships in Europe and around the world.
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Ericsson's 100,000 employees are active in more than 130 countries. Their combined expertise in fixed and mobile networks,
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