Ericsson Solves Year 2000 Problems in the AXE Systems.STOCKHOLM, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 29, 1998--Ericsson's program, Upgrade 2000, offers a solution to the millennium bug millennium bug: see Year 2000 problem. See Y2K Problem. millennium bug - Year 2000 for the AXE (An X Editor) A text editor used with the X Window system. By adding widgets, aXe can be customized by the user. (tool) aXe - A text editor for the X Window System. No longer maintained. , world's most widely sold switch, with over 132 million lines installed or on order in some 125 countries. Upgrade 2000 has been designed to coordinate millennium upgrades. Ericsson analyses individual customers' upgrade requirements and can therefore offer the solutions they require. The primary need is for upgrading the software which controls the switches in the fixed network. In some cases, the hardware also has to be upgraded; for example the oldest control computers. The approach of the Upgrade 2000 program is to take an overall view of the problem, and ensure that the installed base is upgraded in time. "However, the millennium shift is only one of many challenges currently facing our customers. Our customers are anxious to enter the combined telecoms/datacoms market. By upgrading to our latest YK2 compliant version, we provide them with the support they need to do so. They are upgraded to the open architecture AXE which provides them with a state-of-the-art telecommunications network A telecommunications network is a of telecommunications links and nodes arranged so that messages may be passed from one part of the network to another over multiple links and through various nodes. and enables them to cooperate with the datacoms and Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the networks," says Dick Frid, Program Manager at Ericsson Infocom Systems, Public Networks. Ever since its first appearance on the market, new features have been added to the AXE system in the ongoing effort to develop and improve it. The Upgrade 2000 project widely introduces a new phase in the evolution of the AXE system. Ericsson's AXE provides an open architecture that supports all fixed and wireless telecoms, datacoms and interactive services. AXE is the most widely-deployed switching system in the world, with over 132 million lines installed or on order in some 125 countries. The system is also supporting well above 75 million users of wireless network services in more than 90 countries worldwide. Ericsson 100,000 employees are active in more than 130 countries. Their combined expertise in fixed and mobile networks, mobile phones and infocom systems makes Ericsson a world-leading supplier in telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. . CONTACT: Ericsson KATHY EGAN EGAN ETSI Guide Access Network EGAN Ethernet Global Access Network PER BENGTSSON Per Olov Bengtsson (born May 31, 1967) is a former ice speed skater from Sweden, who represented his native country in three consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1988 in Calgary, Canada. Reference
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