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To: Jim Oravetz who wrote (4281)	9/6/2000 12:30:40 PM
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Sept. 6, 2000--Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERICY) and Japan Telecom have successfully completed the world's first field trial of Voice over IP over WCDMA. The field trial results prove that voice can be efficiently transported over an IP-based mobile network, including the cellular air-interface, to mobile terminals, with full quality of voice service as well as full quality of other service features such as data, without loss of capacity. The trial was made over Japan Telecom's WCDMA experimental system by running Ericsson's new robust header-compression algorithm, called Robust Checksum-based Header Compression (ROCCO), which is currently undergoing standardization within the Internet Engineering Task Force. The field trial was conducted in July and August with Japan Telecom at its network center in Chiba, Japan. Voice has special demands on quality, and until now the challenge has been to achieve high enough voice quality over a multiservice fixed IP network. "The trend in today's telecoms industry is towards 'all-IP' transport networks," says Hakan Eriksson, Vice President and General Manger, Ericsson Research. "Operators want to be able to use the same network for all services; data, voice and video. The field trial conducted together with Japan Telecom has proven that it is possible to transport voice over an IP-based mobile network, without compromising quality or system performance." "As the trend of wireless communications demands all service data to run on the same operating network, increasing efficiency of using WCDMA frequency is the main concern for securing service quality on an 'all-IP' network as well as promoting the quality in network operation," says Tetsuya Yuge, Vice President, Information and Communication Lab. of Japan Telecom. "I believe that the success in this trial gave us further breakthrough in the future mobile Internet that requires high quality and broadband all-IP needs." Sept. 6, 2000--Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERICY) will on Friday sign two key frame agreements in Stockholm with China Telecom Group Guangdong Corporation and Guangdong Mobile Communications Co. Ltd. (GMCC), to build a new generation fixed network and expand mobile networks in China's southern province of Guangdong. Valued at $550 million, the fixed network and mobile agreements confirm Ericsson as Guangdong's leading telecommunications supplier in the foreseeable future. It is expected that detailed contracts for the two agreements will be finalized next year. "We are very pleased to strengthen further our established association with Guangdong Province," commented Kurt Hellstrom, President, Telefon AB LM Ericsson. "Guangdong, with a population of 70 million and accounting for 18 percent of national telecommunications revenues, is at the spearhead of China's telecom revolution, and by these agreements Ericsson continues to be recognized as long-term partner in the modernization process." Under the terms of the agreement with China Telecom Group Guangdong Corporation, Ericsson will provide technical co-operation in research and development, infrastructure equipment and services, installation support and competence development for local staff in building a new generation fixed network for the province. Meanwhile, the agreement with GMCC will see Ericsson significantly expanding Guangdong's existing GSM networks, through the provision of system equipment, software upgrades, including GPRS technology, installation and back-up for competence development. Ericsson's relationship with Guangdong Province dates back to 1983, when an Ericsson AXE switching system was purchased by the province's telecom authorities. In 1987 the first contract for an analogue TACS mobile system was signed. Since then Ericsson has worked closely with China Telecom Group Guangdong Corporation and GMCC in expanding and upgrading the province's fixed and mobile networks. Jim