Ericsson and Skanova Sign ENGINE Contract for Fixed Telephony Net.Business/Technology Editors STOCKHOLM, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 15, 2002 Skanova, that operates and develops Sweden's largest network for telephony, Internet and broadband services See broadband and broadband service provider. , has signed an agreement with Ericsson (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ERICY) for the migration of Telia's fixed network. This will enable Skanova to establish a future proof, multi-service network for new multimedia services. The implementation will start beginning of 2002. With this deal, Ericsson and Skanova are paving the way for ENGINE to migrate Telia's existing network from a proprietary circuit-switched to an open, layered packet-based network. Ericsson will supply new software for the whole fixed network and existing narrow-band access nodes will be replaced by ENGINE Access Ramp. In total, 600,000 new lines will be installed. Ericsson will add more of its robust Telephony Servers A computer in a network that provides telephone integration. The term may refer to the entire system or to just the plug-in boards and software. An Internet telephony server links phone lines to the Internet. to provide advanced telephony services and deliver a new central network management system. "Skanova is already implementing this technology in our transit network transit network - A network which passes traffic between other networks in addition to carrying traffic for its own hosts. It must have paths to at least two other networks. See also backbone, stub. in Sweden and will now take the next step," said Ove Alm, Marketing Director of Skanova. "The modernization modernization Transformation of a society from a rural and agrarian condition to a secular, urban, and industrial one. It is closely linked with industrialization. As societies modernize, the individual becomes increasingly important, gradually replacing the family, also means, that we will be able to integrate traditional, fixed telephony with IP-based traffic in the same network." With the new network Skanova can start the migration from many single service networks to multiservice networks based on IP. "This contract is yet another but very important confirmation of Ericsson's leadership in the multi-service networks market," said Karl Thedeen, Key Account Director at Ericsson. "The ENGINE solution represents a profitable option for Skanova, rationalizing their fixed network and making full use of existing infrastructure without compromising reliability, flexibility and security." Ericsson is shaping the future of Mobile and Broadband Internet See broadband. 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 http://www.ericsson.com/press About Skanova Skanova is a wholesale network provider within the Telia Group of companies. Skanova operates Sweden's largest network for telecom-, internet- and broadband services, and offers its customers full network access, services and support. The goal is to meet the growing need for top quality services. The challenge lies in enhancing the competitiveness of the customers with ground-breaking, sometimes unexpected, solutions. Number of employees amounts to 2,700 employees, and a turnover of approx. SEK SEK In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Swedish Krona. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 21.8 billion. About ENGINE ENGINE is Ericsson's global multi-service network offering for operators of fixed networks, designed for real-time services; a carrier-class network able to carry large and growing volumes of IP-based traffic. The ENGINE concept efficiently builds new and migrates operators' current circuit-switched networks into a single next generation network, based on ATM and IP packet switching A network technology that breaks up a message into small packets for transmission. Unlike circuit switching, which requires the establishment of a dedicated point-to-point connection, each packet in a packet-switched network contains a destination address. technologies. Ericsson's access portfolio comprises of end-to-end solutions (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. and access technologies like copper, fiber Ethernet and wireless technologies. Until this date, Ericsson has received 64 contracts for ENGINE-type solutions including Telefonica Spain, Diveo, BT, Telia Denmark and Telia Europe, KPN KPN Koninklijke PTT Nederland (Royal Dutch Telecom) KPN Konfederacja Polski Niepodleglej (Polish conservative party) and others. To learn more about Ericsson's suite of multi-service network solutions, ENGINE, please visit: http://www.ericsson.com/engine |
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