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* Ericsson is one of main network partners for Orange in France
* Ericsson RBS 6000 multi-standard solutions to transform Orange 2G/3G
networks and deploy LTE
* Ericsson sole vendor for deployment of LTE in the 2.6GHz and 800MHz bands
in south-west and north-east France as well as the Greater Paris region

As one of Orange-s key technology suppliers, Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC)
started deployment of 4G/LTE to upgrade the operator-s networks in June
2012. Ericsson is installing its RBS 6000 multi-standard 2G/3G/4G radio
base stations to enhance the user experience in terms of quality and
capacity for Orange subscribers in Greater Paris, as well as in the south-
west and north-east regions of France.

Franck Bouétard, Head of Ericsson in France, says: “The brisk pace of
4G deployments for Orange demonstrates Ericsson-s ability to support the
customer-s key strategic objectives and provide the capacity gains needed
to manage the increase in data traffic while improving quality of service.
Ericsson teams are totally engaged in ensuring that Orange can achieve its
4G service rollout goals in 2013.”

At the same time as conducting this LTE deployment program, Ericsson has
been transforming existing 2G and 3G networks at more than 15,000 sites in
south-west and north-east France and the Paris region since 2010. Ericsson
has set up a dedicated organization to manage these transformation and
deployment programs, and is working on them with a large number of partner
companies.

Ericsson is the market leader in the mobile-equipment market, and had a 35
percent global market share in 2012. Ericsson-s global market share for LTE
is twice as big as its main competitor, measured in terms of shipments for
the whole of 2012.

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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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