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Ericsson to build three Global ICT Centers

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN — (Marketwired) — 09/02/13 —

· High-tech, sustainable global ICT Centers to support R&D
and Services
organizations to bring innovation faster to the market

· Two centers located in Europe; one in North America

· Another step in providing industry leading cloud-enabled
technology

· Also establishing a new R&D hardware design building in
Stockholm

Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) (OMX: ERIC) is planning to invest approximately SEK
7 billion in the
coming five years to build three global ICT Centers. Two will be located in
Sweden, in Stockholm and Linköping, while the third one, in North
America, will
be located in Canada, in Montreal, Quebec.

The centers will be located close to Ericsson-s main R&D hubs and will be
the
new platform for more than 24,000 Ericsson R&D engineers around the world,
supporting their lean and agile ways of working. Team of experts will be
able to
collaborate beyond borders more easily and efficiently.

Ericsson-s customers will also be able to connect remotely for
interoperability
testing, trials and will have early access to innovation on new business
services in real-time from the comfort of their locations.

The three ICT Centers combined will be up to 120,000 square meters,
approximately the size of 14 football fields. The new centers will house
the
company-s complete portfolio, enabling the R&D organization to develop and
verify solutions, creating the foundation for the next generation
technology and
cloud-based services.

Hans Vestberg, President and CEO, Ericsson, says: “The new ICT Centers are
examples of Ericsson-s passion for driving the development of the industry.
Great ideas come from collaboration, and at these centers we will push the
boundaries of possibility on next generation technology and services.
Flexibility enabled by new ways of working will realize innovation faster
to the
market and to our customers.”

The centers will have a
leading-edge design, built in a modular and scalable
way, securing an efficient use of resources and space adaptable to the
business
needs. Ericsson estimates that the combination of architecture, design and
locations will reduce energy consumption up to 40 percent. This significant
reduction in carbon footprint is instrumental in Ericsson-s vision of a
more
sustainable future.

The two ICT Centers in Sweden will begin initial operations from end of
2013 and
from end of 2014 respectively and the North American ICT Center from early
2015.

The new hardware design building in Stockholm, Sweden, will provide similar
benefits as the global ICT Centers in use of equipment and energy savings.
It
will enable R&D hardware design activities in Stockholm to consolidate into
one
modern creative environment.

Ericsson has its biggest R&D hub located in Sweden with more than 9,000
employees. Other bigger R&D sites are in China, US, Canada and Hungary. In
2012, Ericsson-s R&D expenditures were SEK 32.8 billion, reflecting around
14
percent of sales.

NOTES TO EDITORS
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Animated video is available at: youtube.com/ericsson

Ericsson to build a global ICT Centre in Canada:

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Ericsson is a world-leading provider of communications technology and
services.
We are enabling the Networked Society with efficient
real-time solutions that
allow us all to study, work and live our lives more freely, in sustainable
societies around the world.

Our offering comprises services, software and infrastructure within
Information
and Communications Technology for telecom operators and other industries.
Today
40 percent of the world-s mobile traffic goes through Ericsson networks and
we
support customers- networks servicing more than 2.5 billion subscriptions.

We are more than 110,000 people working with customers in more than 180
countries. Founded in 1876, Ericsson is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.
In
2012 the company-s net sales were SEK 227.8 billion (USD 33.8 billion).
Ericsson
is listed on NASDAQ OMX, Stockholm and NASDAQ, New York stock exchanges.

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