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Ericsson wins additional HSPA expansion and upgrade contract with mobilkom austria
(Market Wire Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, December 19 / MARKET WIRE/ --
Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) has been selected by leading Austrian operator
mobilkom austria (mobilkom) to expand and upgrade its WCDMA network
with the latest high-capacity HSPA (High-Speed Packet Access)
functionality in the region of Carinthia. The deal builds on earlier
contracts between the companies and is allowing mobilkom austria
subscribers to enjoy the fastest mobile-broadband speeds in Austria.
Under the terms of the agreement, Ericsson is supplying its latest
HSPA technology, enabling high-speed mobile broadband with uplink
speeds of up to 1.4Mbps and peak downlink speeds of up to 14.4Mbps,
fully supporting currently available end-user devices that allow
download rates of up to 7.2Mbps.
Ericsson's HSPA solution boosts network capacity and cuts response
times for interactive services. The upgrade of mobilkom austria's
existing network will increase the performance of mobile broadband
and enable the operator to expand its mobile broadband offering into
Carinthia.
Boris Nemsic, CEO of Telekom Austria Group and CEO of mobilkom
austria, says: "With Ericsson's HSPA solution, we are now able to
offer the most advanced multimedia services to our 3.9 million
customers across Austria, reaffirming our position as the leading
mobile operator."
Peter Zehetner, Managing Director of Ericsson Austria, says: "We are
proud to continue our long-running relationship with mobilkom
austria. This contract highlights Ericsson's ability to provide
cutting-edge solutions to one of the most advanced markets for mobile
broadband in Europe."
Ericsson is the leading supplier of HSPA in the world, powering more
than 75 commercial mobile-broadband networks.
Notes to editors:
Ericsson's WCDMA/HSPA reference list:
www.ericsson.com/ericsson/press/facts_figures/3g_reference.shtml
Ericsson is shaping the future of Mobile and Broadband Internet
communications through its continuous technology leadership.
Providing innovative solutions in more than 140 countries, Ericsson
is helping to create the most powerful communication companies in the
world.
Read more at www.ericsson.com
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT
Ericsson Media Relations
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About mobilkom austria
With 3.9 million customers and a market share of 40.3 percent,
mobilkom austria is Austria's leading mobile operator. The company,
headquartered in Vienna, has generated revenues of EUR 1,726.6
million in the 2006 business year. mobilkom austria's innovation
leadership is marked by the worldwide first GPRS Launch in August
2000 and one of Europe's first commercial UMTS network launched in
Austria in April 2003 and worldwide first HSDPA in the UMTS
network in January 2006 and HSUPA in February 2007. With mobilkom
austria group, the success of mobilkom austria extends beyond
Austria's borders. mobilkom austria group includes mobilkom austria,
Vipnet in Croatia, Si.mobil in Slovenia, Mobiltel in Bulgaria,
mobilkom Liechtenstein, Vip mobile in Serbia, Vip operator in
Macedonia and MDC in Belarus.
About Ericsson's HSPA solution
HSPA stands for High-Speed Packet Access. An inherent advantage of
HSPA is that the technology is a natural extension of existing
WCDMA/GSM networks, or about 85 percent of the world's existing
wireless networks, and therefore has the potential to be readily
available to a large number of wireless users, creating a mass market
for mobile broadband. By 2010, 71 percent of mobile broadband
connections are projected to be HSPA-based.
Ericsson's HSPA mobile broadband solution, part of Ericsson's Full
Service Broadband offering, today enables download speeds of up to
14.4Mbps and upload speeds of 1.4Mbps. The advanced technology lets
operators more than double their system capacity and cuts response
times for interactive services. On average, users will be able to
download 20 times faster than with a GSM/GPRS connection. Future
evolution steps will increase the HSPA download speed to 42Mbps and
the upload speed to 12Mbps. Ericsson offers HSPA support on many
frequency bands, ranging from 850MHz to 2.6GHz.
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