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Published: 11:00 14.02.2005 GMT+1 /HUGIN /Source: Ericsson /SSE: ERIC 

/ISIN: SE0000108656
 

Ericsson selected by Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM) to supply IMS based

combinational services
 

Ericsson has been selected as supplier of its IP Multimedia System

(IMS) including combinational services to TIM Italy. The

implementation of the IMS based services will enable TIM's mobile

users to share videos, images, and collaborate on whiteboards while

having an ongoing phone conversation. The new services will be

available on a number of different terminals from a variety of

suppliers.
 

Under the contract Ericsson has supplied its IMS system, terminal

client software and support and integration services. Ericsson's IMS

enables full interoperability between operators, network types and

handsets, something that is essential for fulfilling the mass-market

potential of the services.
 

Ericsson's combinational services demonstrate a new paradigm in

richer communications. A main benefit with combinational services is

to enrich and enhance end user's experience, providing the consumers

with an instant way of sharing different media during an ongoing

voice call. Ericsson's combinational services are based upon existing

user behavior, which will improve service take-up rates. It will also

create a number of new business opportunities for mobile operators.
 

"We have identified significant opportunities for IMS based

combinational services in multiple market segments, and will offer an

important enhancement to our current service portfolio using a range

of terminals," says Luca Luciani, Head of Operations of Telecom

Italia Mobile "This is an excellent way to build on our current

revenue base. Ericsson delivers on the promise of interoperability

and our initial trials have already started".
 

"Ericssons strong relationship with TIM allowed us to leverage on

synergies between the existing infrastructure and services and the

new system introduced," says Valter D'Avino, Ericsson's Key Account

Manager for Telecom Italia and Telecom Italia Mobile. "Ericsson's

combinational services fit very well TIM's vision for further

evolving communications business."
 

Ericsson IMS is based on 3GPP/PP2, OMA and ETSI TISPAN. Ericsson's

combinational services follow the new standard being currently agreed

in 3GPP. Up to date, Ericsson has signed 25 IMS contracts for

commercial launch or trial.
 

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.
 

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT

Kristina Hägg-Blecher, Ericsson Group Function Communications

Phone: +46 8 681 24 68; +47 8 719 69 92

Email: press.relations@ericsson.com
 

About Ericsson combinational services

Ericsson's implementation of combinational services - Ericsson

weShare- is a scalable solution developed for GSM/GPRS/EDGE and WCDMA

networks. The solution is based on the Ericsson IMS, which is a

corner stone in future converged networks. The IMS based

combinational services solution enables operators to leverage their

circuit switched networks when offering new multimedia services,

combining both voice and other media. A user with a weShare-terminal

is able to share images, video and other media while in a mobile

voice call, and will be prompted to do so when the service is

available.
 
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