February 9, 2006, 10:00 (CET)
At 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, February 13-17, Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERICY) will demonstrate HSDPA interoperability with commercially available HSDPA PC cards from three leading vendors on its live HSDPA system. The system is based on commercially available hardware and software.
The demonstrations will showcase commercially available HSDPA PC cards from Novatel Wireless (NASDAQ:NVTL), Option NV (Euronext:OPTI, OTC:OPNVY) and Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ:SWIR, TSX: SW), three leading suppliers.
Mikael Bäck, Vice President of WCDMA Radio Networks, Ericsson, says: "Our message is clear: HSDPA is here and now. This is true for both infrastructure and devices.
"This interoperability demonstration with major PC-card suppliers further strengthens our belief that operators can launch HSDPA today, allowing them to introduce new attractive services such as mobile broadband."
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