Bloomberg News
August 5, 1998, 3:25 a.m. PT
RNS No 2724u
ERICSSON (L.M.) (TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET)
5th August 1998
ERICSSON SUPPLIES WCDMA SYSTEM TO TELECOM ITALIA MOBILE
Ericsson will supply operator Telecom Italia Mobile with a WCDMA system,
(Wideband CDMA). The purpose of the system in Italy is to perform advanced
testing and further evaluation of the breakthrough radio access technology.
WCDMA was selected by ETSI (the European standardization body) in January for
third-generation mobile communications in Europe. Strong global momentum has
been building up for WCDMA, and the Japanese standardization body ARIB has also
decided to support the same technology for the fast growing Japanese wireless
market.
Ericsson will supply the WCDMA experimental system before year-end to Telecom
Italia Mobile's R & D centre in the Turin area, to test advanced wireless
multimedia services, such as Internet and IP-based services, as well as other
datacom and video services.
Test on WCDMA systems will further speed up the process towards fully commercia
systems and verify the ease of interoperability with current systems, such as
GSM and D-AMPS IS-136. Real-life experiences in WCDMA also support the
provisioning of solutions as an integral part of the evolution of today's
systems.
"Ericsson has pioneered the development of WCDMA and fully supported the long
and open-ended standardization process. Our customers in Europe, Asia and
North America have strongly supported WCDMA. We see experimental systems as on
way of sharing our knowledge and contributing to the rapid build up of
competence. The interest in WCDMA is a sign of the enormous momentum behind th
technology,' says Ake Persson, Vice President of Marketing and Sales, Ericsson
Radio Systems.
Recently, Ericsson supply the world's first WCDMA system to NTT DoCoMo in Japan
and will later this year supply another experimental system to Japan Telecom.
In Europe, Ericsson will deliver a similar system to the German operators
Mannesmann Mobilfunk and T-Mobil, as well as a system to Swedish operator Telia
Ericsson has had its own live WCDMA test bed up and running since 1995.
Telecom Italia Mobile is the largest European wireless operator with more than
12 million customers. The company is currently running GSM and analog ETACS
networks widely benefiting from the performance of Ericsson's systems.
Ericsson's 100,000 employees are active in more than 130 countries. Their
combined expertise in fixed and mobile networks, mobile phones and infocom
systems makes Ericsson a world-leading supplier in telecommunications.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT
Bruno Rossi, Business Development and Product Manager
Mobile Systems Division, Ericsson Telecommunicazioni S.p.A.
Phone: 39 6 7258 3346
Marino Marin, Information and Communication Manager
Ericsson Telecommunicazioni S. p.A
Phone: 39 6 7258 3592
John Wiklund, Press Relations Manager
Ericsson Business Area Mobile Systems
Phone: 46 70 560 0134: E-mail: johan.wiklund@era.ericsson.se
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