Ericsson wins Chunghwa Telecom's LTE tender as main supplier

17 december 2013 * Scope includes Radio Access Network for the country's most populated areas, including Taipei city * Ericsson will also be sole supplier for the entire Core Network, including IMS Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) has been awarded main supplier for Taiwan's first LTE tender from leading operator, Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. (NYSE:CHT), for its country-wide LTE deployment, including the Radio Access Network (RAN) and roll- out services. In addition, Ericsson has won the tender as sole supplier for the Evolved Packet Core, which includes Mobility Management Entity and Evolved Packet Gateway on SSR 8020, as well as IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem). As part of the deployment scope, Ericsson will provide LTE RAN for the country's most populated areas, including Taipei city. Taiwan currently enjoys a mobile penetration rate of 127 percent, with close to 80 percent of subscribers already on a 3G service. Lin, Kuo-Feng, the President of Chunghwa Telecom Mobile Business Group says: "Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. has a long and rewarding relationship with Ericsson. Ericsson is awarded our LTE tender as main LTE supplier in recognition of this, and the fact that Ericsson is the clear leader for LTE around the world." Jan Signell, Head of Region North East Asia at Ericsson says: "This contract represents a significant deal for Ericsson as it further strengthens our partnership with Chunghwa Telecom and is testament to our customer commitment and our global LTE leadership. Alongside this, Taiwan is a hugely exciting market for mobile network development and innovation as mobile users here are passionate adopters of new technology." Today, 50 percent of the world's LTE smartphone traffic is served by Ericsson networks, which is more than double the traffic of its closest competitor. More than 180 LTE RAN and Evolved Packet Core networks have been delivered worldwide, of which more than 110 have gone live commercially. Ericsson is present today in all high-traffic LTE markets including, the US, Japan, South Korea, Australia and Canada, and has been selected by nine of the top 10 LTE operators, ranked in terms of worldwide LTE subscriptions. NOTES TO EDITORS LTE Media Kit IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) Download high-resolution photos and broadcast-quality video at www.ericsson.com/press About Chunghwa Telecom Chunghwa Telecom (TAIEX: 2412, NYSE: CHT) is Taiwan's leading telecom service provider. The Company provides fixed-line, mobile and Internet and data services to residential and business customers in Taiwan. About Ericsson Ericsson is a world-leading provider of communications technology and services. We are enabling the Networked Society with efficient real-time solutions that allow us all to study, work and live our lives more freely, in sustainable societies around the world. Our offering comprises services, software and infrastructure within Information and Communications Technology for telecom operators and other industries. Today 40 percent of the world's mobile traffic goes through Ericsson networks and we support customers' networks servicing more than 2.5 billion subscriptions. We are more than 110,000 people working with customers in more than 180 countries. Founded in 1876, Ericsson is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. In 2012 the company's net sales were SEK 227.8 billion (USD 33.8 billion). Ericsson is listed on NASDAQ OMX, Stockholm and NASDAQ, New York stock exchanges. www.ericsson.com www.ericsson.com/news www.twitter.com/ericssonpress www.facebook.com/ericsson www.youtube.com/ericsson FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT Ericsson Corporate Communications Phone: +46 10 719 69 92 E-mail: media.relations@ericsson.com Ericsson Investor Relations Phone: +46 10 719 00 00 E-mail: investor.relations@ericsson.com Ericsson wins Chunghwa Telecom’s LTE tender as main supplier: http://hugin.info/1061/R/1750428/589881.pdf This announcement is distributed by GlobeNewswire on behalf of GlobeNewswire clients. The owner of this announcement warrants that: (i) the releases contained herein are protected by copyright and other applicable laws; and (ii) they are solely responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information contained therein. Source: Ericsson via GlobeNewswire [HUG#1750428]