STOCKHOLM, February 13 /PRNewswire/ --     Mobile Broadband Network Limited (MBNL), the 50:50 joint venture formed
by 3 UK and T-Mobile UK to integrate and manage their 3G radio access 
networks (RAN), has selected Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) to provide managed 
services to complete the consolidation of their 3G infrastructure. Under the 
terms of the contract, about 220 T-Mobile staff have transferred to Ericsson.

Ericsson will be responsible for the network design and deployment
requirements of the consolidation program, which will result in the creation
of an integrated 3G network providing close to complete population coverage
for 3G services. It will also reduce the number of radio sites from
approximately 18,000 sites to 13,000, providing both environmental benefits
and significant cost savings while simultaneously improving coverage.

In addition to the consolidation and decommissioning of sites, Ericsson
will take responsibility for the acquisition and building of new sites,
capacity management, equipment swaps and upgrades to transmission facilities.
The five-year contract includes management of the ongoing growth and
optimization of the 3G RAN as well as T-Mobile's 2G access network.

Approximately 220 operations staff from T-Mobile have transferred to
Ericsson, further strengthening its existing UK managed services relationship
with MBNL, 3 UK and T-Mobile UK.

In November 2008, Ericsson was awarded a managed services contract for
the operation of the integrated 3G networks and T-Mobile's 2G network.

T-Mobile UK CTO Emin Gurdenli says: "Our partnership with Ericsson will
accelerate network integration activities and keep us on track to achieve our
goal of creating the UK's most extensive 3G network by 2010, providing
consumers across the UK access to 3G services. The provision of universal
access to high-speed broadband services by 2012 is the centerpiece of the
Government's Digital Britain report. The realization of our consolidated 3G
network will open the way for mobile broadband to play an increasingly
important role in achieving this target."

3 UK CTO Graham Baxter says: "This is an ambitious program to provide an
effective mobile broadband network with the capacity to deliver voice and
internet services to a very significant proportion of the UK population.
Ericsson has played an important role in the development of 3G networks
around the world and will now play a crucial role in the development of the
UK's best 3G network. This network consolidation and the benefits it brings
will make a real difference for mobile consumers, many of whom will find that
this program will bring them access to the internet for the first time."

Mats Granryd, Managing Director, Ericsson UK, says: "I am thrilled that
we have been entrusted with the responsibility of delivering this
comprehensive program. It is exceptional in terms of its scale and I am
delighted that this new contract further extends our relationship with MBNL."

Jan Frykhammar, Senior Vice President and Head of Business Unit Global
Services, Ericsson, says: "I am proud that we are further extending our
relationship with MBNL. This is a partnership which illustrates new ways
where Ericsson can deliver results from managed services. Today we are
managing networks that together serve over 250 million subscribers on a daily
basis. This builds on our extensive experience in managed services, our
tools, methods and processes that are used globally, and that fulfill
operators' needs for network cost and performance management."

This contract is the seventh managed services contract announced in the
UK by Ericsson.

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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 250 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 billion
(SEK 209 billion) in 2008. Founded in 1876 and headquartered in Stockholm,
Sweden, Ericsson is listed on OMX Nordic Exchange Stockholm and NASDAQ

For more information, visit http://www.ericsson.com or
http://www.ericsson.mobi.

About Ericsson's Managed Services offering

Ericsson has the telecom industry's most comprehensive managed services
offering. It ranges from designing, building, operating and managing
day-to-day operations of a customer's network, including end-user services
and business-support systems, to hosting service applications and content, as
well as providing network coverage and capacity on demand. As the undisputed
leader in managed services, Ericsson has officially announced more than 100
contracts for managed services with operators worldwide since 2002. In all
current managed services contracts, excluding hosting, Ericsson is managing
networks that together serve more than 250 million subscribers worldwide.

About T-Mobile UK

T-Mobile is one of the world's largest mobile operators with more than
126.6 million customers worldwide and is the service provider of choice for
16.8 million customers in the UK, making it one of the largest networks.
T-Mobile has a range of innovative products and services, such as Solo, the
SIM only option offering market-leading minutes and texts on a 30-day rolling
contract; Combi, our best package deal; Flext, a unique tariff with a
flexible allowance; U-Fix, a tariff that combines pay-as-you-go and a minimum
term contract, and web'n'walk, which enables customers to surf the internet
on the move. Competitive high-speed Mobile Broadband tariffs include access
to the largest worldwide Wi-Fi network, with more than 1,000 HotSpots in
convenient locations in the UK and 27,000 worldwide. Network coverage is
among the best in the UK at over 99 per cent of the UK population. T-Mobile
operates an advanced 3G HSDPA-enabled network capable of supporting effective
mobile broadband speeds of up 4.5Mbps and is the first UK operator to provide
a nationwide HSUPA capability for faster uploads.

For more information about T-Mobile UK, please visit
http://www.t-mobile.co.uk

About 3 UK

3 is a mobile operator focused on bringing the benefits of the internet
to mobile communications. We offer attractive pricing and give our customers
the widest choice of ways to stay connected at home or abroad. To do this
we're building the UK's best high-speed mobile broadband network. 3 UK is a
member of the HWL group of 3G companies, which include 3G operations in
Australia, Austria, Denmark, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Macau and
Sweden.

Three facts about 3:

    - 3 launched the UK's first 3G network offering national coverage for
      calls and texts, and has over 90% population coverage for 3G services.
      As we consolidate our radio access network with T-Mobile we expect to
      reach almost complete UK population coverage for 3G by the end of 2009.

    - 3 has over 3 million active customers in the UK and over 16 million
      worldwide.

    - 3 was the first to enable free voice over internet calling with Skype
      and the first to launch a dedicated Skype mobile phone, the 3
      Skypephone.



For more information about 3 UK, please visit http://www.three.co.uk or
call the 3 Media Office on +44(0)845-6038333.

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