The world is on the move
No matter who or where they are all mobile phone users share some basic expectations of the kind of service they want from their devices. They all want their calls to be instantly connected and high quality. What they don't want to think about are the hundreds of thousands of different components and networks every single one of their calls must go through.

Ericsson drives global standards
Making sure consumers' calls are carried seamlessly over different networks and components is all about creating the same basic standards across the global telecom industry.

Ericsson is one of the industry's key drivers of global, open standards. Ericsson believes global open standards generate worldwide traffic and revenue for operators, and ensure a smooth, seamless experience for consumers.

Standardization is driving 3G
3G systems will eventually be made from networks created by different operators and different components. Standardization is essential in ensuring the success of third-generation, multimedia, broadband telecommunication. Standardization is shaping the future of wireless communications.

2G to 2.5G: standardization drives progress
Open standards were the driving force behind the successful uptake of GSM technology around the world. Enhancing GSM networks into GPRS systems has made Ericsson an expert on standardization and interoperability. Ericsson is now turning its experience in creating GPRS systems towards optimizing the smooth evolution from GPRS to multimedia WCDMA.

2.5 to 3G: standardization behind evolution to WCDMA
Standardization and interoperability of WCDMA technology has helped Ericsson take the lead in the development of WCDMA at every level. Working with standardization bodies such as the 3GPP, Ericsson is driving the establishment of universal, open standards in WCDMA.

Open standards: an open world
Whether crossing the language barriers and time zones of the expanding European Union, making their way through an ever more cosmopolitan China or island and culture hopping through a booming Southeast Asia, for today's telecom consumers wherever they take their handset is their home. For these consumers, standardized global networks offer a seamless telephone experience that helps enlarge their world while making it more navigable.

The Ericsson commitment to open standards
Ericsson plays a major and active role in the world's most influential standardization bodies, including: the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP); the International Telecommunications Union (ITU); and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).