Ericsson wins IEC InfoVision award for its broadband offering

Ericsson's Fixed Wireless Terminals W3x enables service providers to offer comprehensive voice and broadband services over HSPA technology to the residential and enterprise market. The terminal provides access to broadband, voice, fax, shared printing and shared mass storage device functionality, either as a complement to existing broadband networks or as the solution in areas without broadband capable fixed infrastructure. HSPA is the world’s most widely deployed mobile broadband technology, with more than 207 commercially deployed networks available around the world.

Johan Wibergh, Vice President and Head of Business Unit Network at Ericsson, says:
“Broadband has become one of the fastest growing services, making a large difference for people around the globe. Our Fixed Wireless Terminal will help bridge the digital divide between metropolitan, suburban and rural areas enabling cost-efficient access to e-mail and the Internet. Ericsson supports service providers with an end-to-end solution enabling high speed broadband access through both wireless and fixed wireless terminals.”

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Ericsson is the world’s leading provider of technology and services to telecom operators. The market leader in 2G and 3G mobile technologies, Ericsson supplies communications services and manages networks that serve more than 195 million subscribers. The company’s portfolio comprises mobile and fixed network infrastructure, and broadband and multimedia solutions for operators, enterprises and developers. The Sony Ericsson joint venture provides consumers with feature-rich personal mobile devices.

Ericsson is advancing its vision of ‘communication for all’ through innovation, technology, and sustainable business solutions. Working in 175 countries, more than 70,000 employees generated revenue of USD 27.9 billion (SEK 188 billion) in 2007. Founded in 1876 and headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, Ericsson is listed on OMX Nordic Exchange Stockholm and NASDAQ.

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About Ericsson in Fixed Wireless Access
The Ericsson W3x FWT offers operators’ practically unlimited possibilities to provide new services to existing customers acquire new customers and open up new geographical areas of business through the provision of mobile broadband, voice and fax communications. The device offers a flexible, mobile solution for immediate voice, fax and broadband services to consumers. The W3x Series FWT enables HSPA data access of 7.2 Mbps downlink and 2.0 Mbps uplink, for multiple simultaneous users via the wired or inbuilt wireless connections are also supported.
Ericsson’s Fixed Wireless terminals have been delivered to 30+ operators around the world.

About Ericsson's HSPA solution
HSPA stands for High Speed Packet Access. HSPA has the inherent advantage of being a natural extension of existing WCDMA/GSM technology, which powers about 85 percent of the world's existing wireless networks. HSPA reaches a large number of wireless users and has created a mass market for mobile broadband. By 2010, 71 percent of mobile broadband connections are projected to be based on HSPA.
Ericsson's HSPA mobile broadband solution, part of Ericsson's Full Service Broadband offering, today enables download speeds of up to 14.4Mbps and upload speeds of 5.8Mbps. Future evolution steps will increase the HSPA download speed to 42Mbps and the upload speed to 12Mbps. Ericsson offers HSPA support on many frequency bands ranging from 850MHz to 2.6GHz.