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To: elmatador who wrote (4637)	4/10/2001 12:10:11 PM
From: Mika Kukkanen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 5390

Ooops! Ericsson Recalls Flawed GPRS Phones Reuters 10th April 2001 STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish telecoms equipment maker Ericsson said on Tuesday it was withdrawing from the market its first shipment of new-technology GPRS mobile phones due to a flawed factory installation. The flawed phones, Ericsson's recently launched R520 model, have been sent to retailers in Sweden and one or two other European countries. ``There's an error in the phone's set-up which means you get a shorter standby time than was said previously,'' Ericsson spokeswoman Monica Rubensson told Reuters. She said only a small volume of phones was affected but declined to be more precise. General Packet Radio Services (GPRS) technology offers mobile phone users a fast Internet connection and always on-line capability. The R520 is Ericsson's first GPRS phone. The company, whose mobile phone division has had major problems, losing market share in recent years and posting a huge loss in 2000, said on March 21 shipments of the R520 had just begun.