Ericsson Mobile Platform to Open Greater China Headquarters in Taiwan

Taipei, Sept. 11, 2006 (CENS)–Ericsson Mobile Platforms (EMP) recently decided to open its Greater China headquarters in Taiwan as the first step of its plan to shoot for shares of Chinese markets for mobile phones, according to the company’s chief- executive-officer, Carl-Henric Svanberg.

Executives of the company’s

Taiwan

branch pointed out that Taiwan-designed mobile phones account for 15% of the phones shipped worldwide. They said expanding world market share through

Taiwan

‘s ODM (original design manufacturing) capability is a good approach. They noted that opening the headquarters in

Taiwan

instead of in mainland

China

was based on the consideration that Taiwan-made mobile phones go global whereas China-made phones are mostly for domestic sales.

The executives added that Ericsson’s WCDMA chips are used in 30% of third-generation (3G) mobile phones shipped worldwide. EMP has signed an agreement to license its 3G technology to

Taiwan

mobile-phone makers Compal Communications Inc. and Arima Communication Corp.

EMP has transformed itself from an in-house technology development group into a leading supplier of 3G mobile system technology for mobile phones.

Svanberg pointed out that 3G had emerged as the focal point of the world telecommunications industry and his company is laying ultra-speedy 3G networks called HSDPA for customers including the cellular provider Far Eastone Telecom in

Taiwan

.

He noted that his company began offering commercialized HSDPA last year. The system pumps data at 3.6 megabits per second. His company supports telecomm providers in 19 countries with a total number of 23 HSDPA systems.

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