Ericsson and Telia International Carrier Deploy Live Traffic over Cross-Continental ENGINE Softswitch Network.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers STOCKHOLM, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 18, 2002 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) and Telia International Carrier (Telia IC), today announced the world's first roll out of a distributed, cross-continental softswitch solution, capable of delivering full carrier-grade telephony services in Europe and between Europe and US. This network is the first live implementation, which allows an operator to provide advanced telephony services to multiple continents from a central location, controlling multi-service gateways in a number of different countries. This solution enables Telia IC to better serve its international wholesale business across Europe and between Europe and the US. The current industry climate demands an optimized network that delivers high quality services in a cost-effective way. Ericsson's ENGINE softswitch solution is a multi-service platform that addresses this need. "Using the ENGINE platform enables us to have a better management of our international telephony costs. At the same time, this platform provides us with the ability to offer higher quality and more integrated services In computer networking, IntServ or integrated services is an architecture that specifies the elements to guarantee quality of service (QoS) on networks. IntServ can for example be used to allow video and sound to reach the receiver without interruption. to our customers" says Jean-Claude Geha, Vice President and head of Telia IC's Networks Division. "We are extremely pleased with the successful rollout of our ENGINE soft-switch solution in Telia IC's cross-continental network. Our unique combination of telecom and IP competence has enabled us to help operators such as Telia to optimize their networks, and also to secure Ericsson's position as world market leader in softswitching." said Bert Norberg, Vice President and head of business unit Systems at Ericsson. Ericsson is shaping the future of Mobile and Broadband Internet See broadband. communication 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 www.ericsson.com/press About Telia International Carrier TeliaSonera's wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. , Telia International Carrier provides wholesale international IP, capacity and voice services to large customers at selected high volume destinations in Europe and in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Its services are based on the high capacity European and trans-Atlantic Viking Network, the IP network with peering points in Europe and the US and international voice switches in selected destinations. TeliaSonera is the telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. leader in the Nordic region. The Group's home market is the Nordic and the Baltic regions For other uses, see Baltic (disambiguation). The Baltic region is an ambiguous term that refers to slightly different combinations of countries in the general area surrounding the Baltic Sea. . TeliaSonera's overall focus is on best serving its customers in its core business and creating value for its shareholders through stronger profits and cash flows. TeliaSonera is listed on Stockholmsborsen, Helsinki Exchanges Helsinki Exchanges (HEX) The Helsinki Exchanges (HEX Ltd., Helsinki Securities and Derivatives Exchange and Clearing House) was formed at the beginning of 1998 following the merger of the Helsinki Stock Exchange Ltd. and SOM Ltd. and NASDAQ. Pro forma As a matter of form or for the sake of form. Used to describe accounting, financial, and other statements or conclusions based upon assumed or anticipated facts. The phrase pro forma net sales Net Sales The amount a seller receives from the buyer after costs associated with the sale are deducted. Notes: This amount is calculated by subtracting the following items from gross sales: merchandise returned for credit, allowances for damaged or missing goods, freight in 2001 amounted to 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. 80.9 billion and the number of employees as per June 30, 2002 was 34,045. About ENGINE ENGINE Integral is a proven Softswitch solution in commercial service in numerous networks worldwide. ENGINE enables successful business for network operators by helping to increase margins on traditional voice & data, creating new revenue streams from multimedia applications, and making broadband truly profitable. Ericsson is the world market leader in softswitching (Probe Research, July 2002). ENGINE Integral provides a low risk, rapid evolution from existing circuit-switched networks to packet-based multi-service networks to a single, all-IP network. 'Greenfield' operators who want to build a carrier-class, multi-service network right from the start can also utilize ENGINE Integral. In contrast to existing networks that are dedicated to a specific application (such as telephony or data), a multi-service network employs a common switching and transport layer that can be shared by numerous services and applications - videoconferences, phone calls or Internet sessions - one network does it all. |
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