In August 2006 Ericsson helped Télécoms Sans Frontières establish relief operations in Lebanon, a country ravaged by a military conflict between Israel and Hezbollah guerillas.

On October 8, 2005, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.6 on the Richter scale shook southern Asia. Hardest hit was Pakistan, where more than 73,000 people were killed and 69,300 seriously injured.