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Ericsson to supply HSPA network to STC in Saudi Arabia26 June 2006
Saudi Telecom (STC) has selected Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERICY) as the primesupplier for its new HSPA network, which will enable STC to introducea wide range of premium quality multimedia and high-speed dataservices to the Saudi users.
Under the agreement Ericsson will deliver packet core, radio accessand transmission for the new network in the central and westernprovinces of Saudi Arabia.
The contract also includes a nationwide network upgrade based onEricsson's market-leading mobile softswitch solution. The systemrollout has already started.
Ericsson's HSPA will enable the operator to introduce a newgeneration of services, such as mobile triple play - a combination ofvoice, high-speed data and TV on the mobile phone. The packet coresolution will assure that the new IP based services will be deliveredcost efficiently with telecom quality.
Saud Al Daweesh, CEO Saudi Telecom, says: "Ericsson's UMTS/HSPAtechnology will provide us with the advanced equipment available. Thedecision was based on Ericsson's performance and the quality of itsUMTS equipment as well as their roll-out expertise in major networkexpansions like this one."
Bo-Erik Dahlström, President of Ericsson Middle East, says: "We arepleased to provide STC with our advanced HSPA technology. STC's earlylaunch of HSDPA underlines their innovative profile and will geartheir western province network with the most advanced functionalitiesand services."
Ericsson's HSPA solution will enable peak download speeds of up to14.4 Mbps. The advanced technology offers operators more than doublethe system capacity and makes response times for interactive servicesfaster. On average, users will be able to download four times fasterthan the current 3G connection using existing 1.8 Mbps PC-cards andeven 20 times faster than using GSM/GPRS.
Ericsson is shaping the future of Mobile and Broadband Internetcommunications through its continuous technology leadership.Providing innovative solutions in more than 140 countries, Ericssonis helping to create the most powerful communication companies in theworld.
Read more at: http://www.ericsson.com
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACTEricsson Media RelationsTelephone: +46 8 719 6992E-mail: press.relations@ericsson.com
About Ericsson HSPA solutions
HSPA, the first step in the evolution path of WCDMA, enablesoperators to introduce attractive new services such as MobileBroadband with Mobile TV, Mobile Music, high speed Internetconnectivity and Fixed Wireless services. Ericsson's HSPA solutionoffers ADSL-like peak data speeds for the downlink up to 3.6 Mbps nowand up to 14.4 Mbps in the second half of 2006.
Ericsson is the primary supplier to more than 50% of all commerciallylaunched WCDMA networks and is the primary supplier to the world'sfirst commercial HSDPA launches, HSPA for the downlink. Ericssonexpects first commercial launches of HSPA for the uplink, HSUPA, totake place early 2007.
About Ericsson Softswitch solutions
Ericsson is the leading provider of Softswich solutions for bothmobile and wireline networks. Ericsson's solutions are commerciallyproven and fully standards-compliant, offering an efficient andlow-risk evolution of existing circuit-switched networks to a telecomquality, IP based service platform. They use network resources in themost cost efficient way to provide both classic telephony and nextgeneration services. More than 70 fixed and mobile operatorsworldwide have commercially launched services based on Ericsson'sSoftswitch solutions.
About Ericsson transmission solutions
Ericsson's ability to support operators in installing and expandingtransmission networks is built on unique long-term experience. Ourtransmission expertise extends across all types of networks: some 300customers in about 140 countries benefited from our transmission andtransport solutions during 2005. Ericsson is the undisputed marketleader in microwave transmission and has historically delivered morethan 900,000 MINI-LINK all around the world.
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SOURCE: Ericsson
Source: marketwire
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