Ericsson's ENGINE selected by skanova

Ericsson's ENGINE selected by Skanova Skanova, a network provider company within the Telia Group, has today signed a contract with Ericsson for extension of their transit network. The extension will be carried out by Ericsson's ENGINE multi-service network. One of the purposes of the extension is to take care of the forecasted traffic growth primarily due to local pre-selection as directed by the Swedish National Post and Telecom Agency (PTS). Ericsson will deliver telephony servers and media gateways nation wide. "Telia is already using this technology throughout Europe and now we take the first step in order to modernizing the fixed network in Sweden," said Ove Alm, Technical Director at Skanova. "The implementation of ENGINE also means that we will be able to integrate traditional fixed telephony with IP-based traffic in the same network." Ericsson is shaping the future of Mobile and Broadband Internet communications through its continuous technology leadership. Providing innovative solutions in more than 140 countries, Ericsson is helping to create the most powerful communication companies in the world. Read more at http://www.ericsson.com/press FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT Anders Niklasson, Press Officer, Ericsson Sverige AB Phone: +46 8 579 183 00, +46 70 519 30 33 Peter Olofsson, Director Public Relations, Ericsson Division Multi-Service Networks Phone: +46 8 719 1880, +46 70 267 3445 About ENGINE ENGINE is Ericsson's global multi-service network offering for operators of fixed networks, designed for real-time services; a network able to carry large and growing volumes of IP-based traffic. The ENGINE concept efficiently builds new and migrates operators' current circuit-switched networks into a single next generation network, based on ATM and IP packet switching technologies. Ericsson's access portfolio comprises of end-to-end solutions and access technologies like copper, fiber ethernet and wireless technologies. Up to date Ericsson has received 57 contracts for ENGINE-type solutions including Telefónica Spain, Diveo, BT, Telia Denmark and Telia Europe, KPN, WorldCom and others. To learn more about Ericsson's suite of multi- service network solutions, ENGINE, please visit: http://www.ericsson.com/engine