STOCKHOLM, February 18 /PRNewswire/ --     Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) and Telecom Italia initiate deployment of mobile
network technology of 28 Mbps speeds in early 2009. The deployment will
include MIMO technology. Milan will be the first town to become the Italian
'ultra-broadband city', enjoying speeds up to 28 Mbps in download and 5.8
Mbps in upload.

Telecom Italia will be first in Italy to deploy live mobile broadband
speeds of 28 Mbps with Ericsson's mobile network technology. Tests in Telecom
Italia's mobile network will start early 2009 and initial deployment is
planned in the city of Milan in June 2009. National coverage will follow in
the second half of 2009.

The deployment will include Multiple Input and Multiple Output (MIMO), a
technology that uses two or more antenna branches to transmit data to a
consumer. This makes it possible to provide higher data rates to each user
and improve the spectrum efficiency in the radio network. With this
technology, Telecom Italia will be able to offer a faster mobile broadband
experience to consumers while continuously optimizing its operational costs.

Ericsson is leading the development of High Speed Packet
Access (HSPA), a standardized evolution of Wideband Code Division Multiple
Access (WCDMA), the world's leading third generation mobile standard. HSPA
offers users superior broadband speeds from their notebooks and other devices
anywhere there is coverage. HSPA is already a global success and a burgeoning
ecosystem of mobile broadband devices and services has emerged around the
technology, including phones, notebooks, PC modems and wireless routers.

With HSPA technology bringing up to 28 Mbps in downlink and up
to 5.8 Mbps in the uplink, the user experience of mobile broadband services
such as video conferencing, uploading user-generated content and sending
e-mail with attachments will improve even further.

Actual customer download speeds can be less and will vary due to
congestion, distance from the cell, local conditions, hardware, software and
other factors.

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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

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