World’s first 4G/LTE network goes live today in Stockholm

· World’s first and largest commercial 4G service launched by TeliaSonera and Ericsson in Stockholm
· Commercial launch ahead of original plan, largest deployment to date
· Speeds make it possible to send and receive HD video

TeliaSonera’s mobile broadband commercial network in Stockholm is now the fastest and largest in the world. Carl-Henric Svanberg, President and CEO of Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) is excited about this historical moment. “The new era of mobile broadband has just begun today. With LTE, so-called 4G, your mobile broadband experience is moving to unequalled levels. The LTE speed gives you an absolutely effortless feeling of broadband access.”

LTE, the next generation mobile communication technology, is designed for transferring huge amounts of data in a most cost and energy efficient way, optimizing use of frequency band and realizing fiber-like access speed over the air. With decreased latency, consumers can now enjoy whatever service is available online: HD video, network games, you name it - effortlessly on the move.

Kenneth Karlberg, President and Head of Mobility Services, TeliaSonera says: “We are very proud to be the first operator in the world to offer our customers 4G services. Thanks to the successful cooperation with Ericsson we can offer 4G to our customers in Stockholm earlier than originally planned.”

Downtown Stockholm is covered with the Ericsson LTE network, making it the largest LTE deployment to date. TeliaSonera’s customers are the first to have access to the LTE service by commercially available Samsung LTE dongles.

Ericsson has completed commercialization of its LTE products and larger production is ready for further deployment. Interoperability is tested thoroughly with many different devices in different operators’ networks.



Notes to editors:

About the end-to-end LTE network:
Ericsson provides TeliaSonera with an LTE system (4G), including LTE Radio Base stations, which are part of the new RBS6000 series, an Evolved Packet Core network, a mobile backhaul solution including SmartEdge 1200 routers, the latest EDA multi-access aggregation switch and an Operation and Management System. The LTE system is based on 3GPP standards for Long Term Evolution (LTE) radio technology and Evolved Packet Core (EPC) technology.

Photo of Ericsson managements
www.ericsson.com/ericsson/press/photos/management.shtml
Photo of products: RBS6000 and Evolved Packet Core
www.ericsson.com/ericsson/press/photos/network_products.shtml
Contract announcement: Ericsson to build commercial 4G network for Telia Sonera
www.ericsson.com/thecompany/press/releases/2009/01/1282289
Ericsson LTE Achievement List
www.ericsson.com/ericsson/press/facts_figures/lte_achievement.shtml
Ericsson and Samsung cooperate for world’s first LTE interoperability
www.ericsson.com/thecompany/press/releases/2009/10/1349710
Photo of Samsung modem
www.ericsson.com/ericsson/press/photos/lte_samsung.shtml
World’s first commercial 4G/LTE site unveiled in Sweden by Ericsson and TeliaSonera
www.ericsson.com/thecompany/press/releases/2009/05/1317187
YouTube: LTE site launched in Stockholm
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6eSZvLT3nM&feature=related
Broadcast room
www.ericsson.com/ericsson/press/broadcastroom/index.shtml
LTE White paper
www.ericsson.com/technology/whitepapers/index.shtml

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