LTE ROLLOUT FOR AT&T IN THE US
(Thomson Reuters ONE) - · AT&T to build LTE network· Ericsson named as key supplier for LTE equipment· Commercial launch scheduled to begin 2011LTE is the latest step in a wireless evolution that Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC)began with AT&T over two decades ago and is part of AT&T's ongoing efforts toinnovate and invest in mobile broadband.AT&T serves more than 85.1 million customers and has seen mobile broadbandgrowth of more than 5,000 percent over the past three years. Smartphones arejust one example of innovation made possible by investment in mobile broadband.After extensive testing of equipment from multiple suppliers in lab and fieldenvironments, AT&T chose to extend its existing relationship with Ericsson forLTE deployment. The agreement also complements AT&T's strategy to continue toboost the speed and performance of 3G mobile broadband to deliver the best, mostadvanced customer experience for customers throughout the evolution toward LTE.As part of this multi-year agreement, Ericsson expands its key supplier rolewith AT&T by delivering LTE network equipment as well as a full suite ofservices to design, deploy and optimize the LTE network.AT&T plans field trials of LTE technology later this year, and commercialdeployment is scheduled to begin in 2011."The announcement is an important step forward in our ongoing mobile broadbandstrategy, which is focused on delivering the best possible combination of speed,performance and available devices for customers at every level of technologydeployment," said John Stankey, president and CEO, AT&T Operations. "AT&T has akey advantage in that LTE is an evolution of the existing GSM family oftechnologies that powers our network and the vast majority of the world's globalwireless infrastructure today."Hans Vestberg, president and CEO, Ericsson said: "Our ability to work togetherto meet the demands of a rapidly changing market has been a crucial element ingaining AT&T's continued confidence. We will work just as hard to secure asmooth rollout of LTE and support AT&T in introducing new consumer and businessservices moving forward."AT&T previously named Ericsson as a key supplier for wireline access products andservices. Ericsson can offer wireline solutions to accelerate AT&T's ability tobring new broadband-based products and services to market.To date, Ericsson has signed commercial LTE contracts with four other majorglobal operators, two of which are in the United States, the world's fastestgrowing LTE market.LTE, the next generation of mobile communication technology, enables the fasttransfer of huge amounts of data in an efficient and cost-effective way,optimizing the use of the frequency spectrum. With increased speed and decreasedlatency, consumers can enjoy a wide range of applications (real-time web, onlinegaming, social media collaboration and video conferencing) effortlessly andwhile on the move. LTE will meet the demands of new and enhanced mobile internetapplications of the future.Ericsson has been driving open standards and has had the highest impact on thereleased LTE specifications. Ericsson expects to hold 25 percent of allessential patents for LTE, making it the largest patent holder in the industry.Notes to editors:Ericsson LTE Achievement ListYouTube: LTE site launched in StockholmLTE White paper Photo of products: RBS6000 and Evolved Packet CoreBroadcastroom Ourmultimedia content is available at the broadcast room:www.ericsson.com/broadcast_room Ericsson is the world's leading provider of technology and services to telecomoperators. Ericsson is the leader in 2G, 3G and 4G mobile technologies, andprovides support for networks with over 2 billion subscribers and has theleading position in managed services. The company's portfolio comprises mobileand fixed network infrastructure, telecom services, software, broadband andmultimedia solutions for operators, enterprises and the media industry. The SonyEricsson and ST-Ericsson joint ventures provide consumers with feature-richpersonal mobile devices.Ericsson is advancing its vision of being the "prime driver in anall-communicating world" through innovation, technology, and sustainablebusiness solutions. Working in 175 countries, more than 80,000 employeesgenerated revenue of SEK 206.5 billion (USD 27.1 billion) in 2009. Founded in1876 with the headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, Ericsson is listed on OMXNASDAQ, Stockholm and NASDAQ New York.www.ericsson.com www.twitter.com/ericssonpress www.facebook.com/technologyforgood www.youtube.com/ericssonpress FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACTEricsson Corporate Public & Media RelationsPhone: +46 10 719 69 92E-mail: media.relations(at)ericsson.com US mediaKathy Egan WummerPhone: +1 212 685 40 30E-mail: media.relations(at)ericsson.com Ericsson Investor RelationsPhone: +46 10 719 00 00E-mail: investor.relations(at)ericsson.com UPCOMING EVENTSMobile World Congress,Barcelona, Spain, February 15- 18Ericsson's Capital Markets Day, Stockholm, Sweden, May 5-6Ericsson Business Innovation Forum, Shanghai, China, May 17-18For more information please contact the Ericsson Media Relations Team.[HUG#1382917] Hans Vestberg, Ericsson: http://hugin.info/1061/R/1382917/341796.jpg John Stankey, AT&T: http://hugin.info/1061/R/1382917/341795.jpg Press release in PDF: http://hugin.info/1061/R/1382917/341794.pdf
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