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Response signs important agreement

Ericsson and the Swedish Rescue Services Agency (SRSA) have signed an agreement formalizing their cooperation in disaster relief operations globally. Sharing information and expertise will enhance the effectiveness of both organizations' operations.

March 26, 2004

Dag Nielsen, Christina Salomonson, Ulf Pehrs-son and Kjell Larsson.

SRSA is one of the world's leading organizations for global relief operations. Director General Christina Salomonson, accompanied by a SRSA delegation, was at Ericsson's headquarters in Kista on Friday, March 26, to sign the three-year agreement.
This means that Ericsson Response and SRSA will share equipment, information and expertise, and engage in joint research-and-development activities in the area of disaster response and preparedness.
"We have had good cooperation with Ericsson for a couple of years, now," Salomonson said. "We have received considerable help and support with communications equipment. This cooperation is important to international operations - it really helps that Ericsson has a global presence."

Deal sealed. Christina Salomonson and Ulf Pehrsson shake hands.
The three-year agreement will serve as a foundation for other, more specific agreements regarding operations. Provided nothing else is said, it will be renewed automatically for one year at the time.

Besides Salomonson, Ericsson's Ulf Pehrsson, Vice President Public Affairs, signed the agreement. Each stressed how the agreement formalizes the mutual support the organizations have felt in the field during rescue operations. This occasion was merely the next step in that cooperation, which started with the 2001 earthquake in El Salvador.
Dag Nielsen, Director of Ericsson Response, says the agreement will benefit Ericsson Response and SRSA: "SRSA is one of the world's leading organizations in the area of rescue operations," he said. "Through close cooperation, our own in-the-field-quality of volunteers and equipment will rise. The combination of SRSA's ground coordination, support and logistics strength and our telecommunications and IT competence will empower both organizations' relief capacity."

Salomonson agrees: "The biggest upside is that we continue to mix our different competences."

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