SIE Siemens N Ord

RNS No 7335w
ERICSSON (L.M.)(TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET)
14th August, 1997


ERICSSON, ALCATEL, NOKIA AND SIEMENS AGREE ON CORE NETWORK
FOR THIRD-GENERATION WIDEBAND WIRELESS MULTIMEDIA

ERICSSON, ALCATEL, NOKIA AND SIEMENS TODAY ANNOUNCED THEIR
COMMITMENT TO THE TIMELY STANDARDIZATION OF WIDEBAND WIRELESS
MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY BASED ON GSM. THE FOUR COMPANIES HAVE AGREED
TO URGE THAT THE NETWORK STRUCTURE FOR A FUTURE EUROPEAN
THIRD-GENERATION MOBILE SYSTEM - REFERRED TO AS UNIVERSAL MOBILE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM (UMTS) - SHOULD BE BASED ON AN EVOLVED
CORE-GSM NETWORK.

THIRD-GENERATION UMTS TECHNOLOGY WILL BE STANDARDIZED BY THE
EUROPEAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS STANDARDIZATION BODY, ETSI. COMMERCIAL
SERVICES BASED ON UMTS IS EXPECTED BE LAUNCHED IN THE YEAR 2002 IN
THE 2 GHZ FREQUENCY RANGE.

ACCORDING TO ERICSSON, ALCATEL, NOKIA AND SIEMENS, WIDEBAND
WIRELESS MULTIMEDIA APPLICATIONS WOULD USE A GENERIC RADIO ACCESS
NETWORK (GRAN) INTERFACED TO GSM CORE NETWORKS. THIS
THIRD-GENERATION INTERFACE WOULD FULLY DRAW UPON AND CONNECT TO
EVOLVED SECOND-GENERATION GSM MOBILE TELEPHONE SYSTEMS. THE
TECHNOLOGY WILL BE CAPABLE OF DELIVERING HIGH DATA RATES FOR
HIGH-SPEED INTERNET/INTRANET APPLICATIONS, ELECTRONIC MULTIMEDIA
MAIL, FULL-MOTION VIDEO, ETC.

MOREOVER, THE 2 GHZ FREQUENCY ALREADY ALLOCATED FOR UMTS NS THE
SAME THAT HAS BEEN DESIGNATED BY THE INTERNATIONAL
TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION (ITU) FOR GLOBAL, NEXT-GENERATION MOBILE
SERVICES -- IMT-2000.  BECAUSE OF THIS SIMILARITY, ERICSSON,
ALCATEL, NOKIA AND SIEMENS ALSO SUPPORT AN ALIGNMENT OF THE
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDIZATION OF THE UMTS AND IMT-2000 NETWORK
INTERFACES.

DUE TO THE FACT THAT GSM CAN DELIVER A WORLDWIDE FOOTPRINT FOR
THIRD-GENERATION SERVICES FROM THE START, WIRELESS OPERATORS WILL
HAVE THE OPTION TO INTRODUCE A WHOLE NEW RANGE OF WIDEBAND
MULTIMEDIA SERVICES BASED ON DEMAND.

IN A JOINT STATEMENT, THE COMPANIES SAID: 'WE STRONGLY BACK A
GLOBAL AND TIMELY STANDARDIZATION OF THIRD-GENERATION TECHNOLOGY
THAT MEETS WITH THE REAL NEEDS OF TODAY'S OPERATORS AND 
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF END-USERS IN CELLULAR NETWORKS ALL OVER THE WORLD.
TODAY, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BASE THE NEXT-GENERATION
TECHNOLOGY ON OPEN STANDARDS THAT WILL DRIVE THE DEVELOPMENT OF
NEW BREAKTHROUGH APPLICATIONS AND THE INTRODUCTION OF AFFORDABLE
MULTIMEDIA SERVICES.'

TODAY, 239 OPERATORS IN 109 COUNTRIES HAS CHOSEN GSM. THERE ARE
MORE THAN 49 MILLION GSM SUBSCRIBERS WORLDWIDE.

ERICSSON'S 90,000 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT

TORBJORN NILSSON, VICE PRESIDENT, ERICSSON RADIO SYSTEMS AB
 TEL. +46 8 757 0000

PER BENGTSSON, COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR
ERICSSON BUSINESS AREA MOBILE SYSTEMS
 TEL. +46 8 757 2159

OLIVER LE FRIEC, PRESS OFFICER
ALCATEL MOBILE COMMUNICATION DIVISION
 TEL. +33 1 307 78260

ARJA SUOMINEN, VICE PRESIDENT, COMMUNICATIONS
NOKIA TELECOMMUNICATIONS
 TEL. +358 9 5113 8193

GUENTER GAUGLER, PRESS OFFICE
SIEMENS PUBLIC COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
 TEL. +49 89 7223 6789


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