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December 2006

[22.12.2006] Ericsson Nikola Tesla, being a socially responsible company, decided to do something for a good cause again, i.e. to join the Clear a Square Meter of Minefield fundraising campaign.

[21.12.2006] Ericsson Nikola Tesla and TeleKRONA signed a new large contract worth 206.1 MHRK. With this contract the collaboration has been continued that started last year with a very large agreement with TelecomNet (TeleKRONA took over the jobs from TelecomNet).

[19.12.2006] The traditional national awards for the best web pages have been given for the seventh time:  Vidi Web Top 100, the Prime Minister's Web Award and for the first time in Croatia – Vidi e-Innovation awards for the best-quality and highly inventive Croatian hi-tech products able to compete in the global market. Gordana Kovačević, the president of ETK, the co-founder of the e-Innovation contest, presented the VIDI e-Innovation awards to winners in the medium-size companies’ category.

[15.12.2006] On December 14, 2006 Ericsson Nikola Tesla marked one more successful year in its operation. The Christmas Party that was held in the well-known Zagreb club Saloon was attended by many company’s customers and business partners, VIPs from the local social and political scene, as well as by many media representatives.

[13.12.2006] Ericsson customer Softbank Mobile Corp in Japan has launched the world’s first live IMS network over 3G, powered by Ericsson’s IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) solution. IMS allows the operator to launch new exciting 3G services on the demanding Japanese market.

[08.12.2006] Capital Network, the first business television in Croatia initiated the Entrepreneur of the Year 2006 Contest. The jury including editors-in-chief from business monthlies/weeklies/dailies and electronic media nominated 39 candidates - business leaders in 2006. Gordana Kovačević is among top five Croatian entrepreneurs – voting by Kapital Network TV audience is in progress.

[08.12.2006] Orco Property Group, a leading investor, developer and asset manager in the Central European real estate market has established a successful cooperation with the company Ericsson Nikola Tesla, one of the leading ICT system integrators in Croatia. 

[08.12.2006] Ericsson and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) have launched a trial of personalized mobile TV advertising. The trial sees advertisers employ customized marketing with individual mobile TV viewers, with content provided by agency partner, Proximity Oslo, a part of the Global BBDO network.

[07.12.2006] With customers from Kazakhstan we concluded two agreements; one is from the Enterprise area and the other is from the MiniLink area.

[06.12.2006] Grawe Croatia chose HrPro's HrNet application and Ericsson Nikola Tesla as the leading ICT system integrator – an asset in the project realization/implementation.

[05.12.2006] Ericsson announced a joint effort with Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) to accelerate deployment of services and applications on mobile PCs, powered by Ericsson's mobile broadband and IMS solutions and Intel ® Core(TM) Microarchitecture for mobile clients and servers.

[01.12.2006] Ericsson announced it has joined The Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights (BLIHR). This business-led initiative is designed to help lead and develop the corporate response to human rights. BLIHR aims to find practical applications for the aspirations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights within a business context, and to inspire other businesses to do likewise.

November 2006

[30.11.2006] On the occasion of the International Day for People with Special Needs, Ericsson Nikola Tesla made a donation of 20,000.00 HRK to help the Croatian Association of Deaf-Blind Persons "The Touch", the only association of the kind in the country, in their battle for more dignity in life. For eleven years this association has been engaged in the education, rehabilitation and work therapy projects for children and adults with vision and hearing losses.

[29.11.2006] Ericsson Nikola Tesla held its traditional ''Breakfast with Ericsson'' with the topic ''FileNet: Enterprise content and business process management” on its premises on November 29, 2006.

[23.11.2006] Ericsson's new MX-ONE™ Version 3 optimizes business communications. MX-ONE ™ is based on servers with operating system Linux. The latest version of the MX-ONE IP-PBX maximizes business communications with extended system capacity for up to 50,000 end-users, standardized management and web-based tools.

[21.11.2006] Ericsson Nikola Tesla and Transmitters and Links, signed two agreements worth more than 5 MHRK for the delivery of digital radio relay systems. Transmitters and Links are about to continue modernizing their existing links systems and together with Ericsson Nikola Tesla they will introduce a new system based on digital radio relay transmission of SDH signal in the  4 GHz band.

[16.11.2006]  Ericsson receives Frost & Sullivan award for best Product Line Strategy Leadership in the European enterprise telephony market. The award is presented each year to a company that demonstrates the most insight into customer needs and product demands. This year the award is presented to Ericsson in recognition of the success with MD110, MX-ONE and the Mobility Gateway.

[16.11.2006] Operators that deploy High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) technology have several advantages over those who choose different paths to delivering advanced services, Ericsson President and Chief Executive Officer Carl-Henric Svanberg said at the company's Strategy & Technology Summit in Tokyo that was held on November 14 and 15.

[14.11.2006]  Ericsson Nikola Tesla signed new agreements worth more than 20 MHRK. ETK signed them with the operators BH Telecom (B and H), and with T-Com and T-Mobile (Montenegro).

[10.11.2006] This year’s Zagreb INFO Fair scheduled for November 9 and 10 among other events, seminars and forums featured 9th Croatian Call Center Conference, with the participation of Ericsson Nikola Tesla experts who presented Ericsson Solidus eCare, IP based mobile call centre solution. The Conference gathered a significant number of call center suppliers, customers and users.

[06.11.2006] Within the 6th Framework Programme of the European Commission which is directed at the development of the European economy based on knowledge, recently a new project was launched under the name MPOWER. It is a system integration project within the e-health domain.  One of participants in the project is Ericsson Nikola Tesla, based on the knowledge of its experts in the e-health area and their system integration competencies.

[03.11.2006] In October Ericsson Nikola Tesla signed contracts worth more than 29 MHRK with enterprise system users and telecom operators in the CIS market.

October 2006

[31.10.2006] As one of the first Croatian companies that produced its own Code of Corporate Governance Ericsson Nikola Tesla continues to build good relationship with investors and undertakes activities that lead in that direction, it was pointed out during the ETK Capital Markets Day held on October 30, for the third year in a row.

[30.10.2006] Ericsson is mapping the future of converged broadband by unveiling its full service broadband strategy, based on user convenience and operators' need for minimized risk and fast time-to-market.

[26.10.2006] Ericsson Nikola Tesla is represented at the Business Process Conference 2006 as a distributor of the FileNet solutions for business process management and enterprise content management.

[24.10.2006] „The results achieved in the first nine months indicate that we have continued to perform well and fully in line with our plans and expectations," says Gordana Kovačević, the president of Ericsson Nikola Tesla.

[19.10.2006] "We see continued positive business momentum and accelerating focus on broadband," says Carl-Henric Svanberg, President and CEO of Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC).

[18.10.2006] Ericsson introduced the world's first fully automatic mobile telephone system in 1956, a breakthrough that has dramatically changed the way people communicate with each other. Fifty years on, more than 2.5 billion people in the world now own a mobile phone.

Third quarter of 2006

[29.09.2006] Ericsson and Deutsche Telekom's fixed network unit, T-Com, have successfully completed the world's first trial for next-generation 43Gbps optical transmission technology over a 1000km link in T-Com's DWDM network in Germany.

[11.09.2006] Ericsson Nikola Tesla's Family Day 2006 that was held on September 9 gathered over 2000 employees, retired employees and members of their families and other company guests.

[31.08.2006] Leading operator O2 has selected Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) as a sole supplier for its Irish HSDPA-enabled 3G network. Ericsson will also expand and modernize O2's existing network with Ericsson IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) and the Ericsson Mobile Softswitch solution.

[11.08.2006] Ericsson has signed a frame agreement with Deutsche Telekom and its broadband/fixed-network business unit T-Com. T-Com will use Ericsson's cutting-edge EDA solution for the expansion of its German broadband network.

[01.08.2006] ntl:Telewest has selected Ericsson as a technology and services partner to help with developments to its telephone network using VoIP technology. ntl:Telewest is the UK's largest cable operator and a leading UK provider of broadband and communications services.

[25.07.2006] Compared to the first two quarters of the last year, orders booked increased by 19%, whereas sales increased by 4%. Higher business volume results from a large number of contracts concluded in Croatia, in the internal Ericsson market, in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in CIS market.

[21.07.2006] Ericsson reports strong development securing new business.

[06.07.2006] On July 5 on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of birth of Nikola Tesla the Croatian president Stjepan Mesić awarded several Croatian scientists and business people who contributed by their work to preservation and promotion of Nikola Tesla's heritage with The Order of the Croatian Star with the Effigy of Nikola Tesla. One of the recipients of the Order was M.Sc. Gordana Kovčević, president of ETK. The company was awarded in the same ceremony by The Charter of the Republic of Croatia.

Second quarter of 2006

[28.06.2006] After having participated in the International Scientific and Professional Meeting „The Life and Work of Nikola Tesla“ which took place in the Concert Hall „Vatroslav Lisinski“, Stjepan Mesić, President of the Republic of Croatia and Carl-Henric Svanberg, Ericsson President and CEO visited the Croatian member of the globally present Ericsson Group, the company Ericsson Nikola Tesla. The guests were greeted by M. Sc. Gordana Kovačević, president of Ericsson Nikola Tesla.

[21.06.2006] The biggest Croatian exporter of telecom services and solutions Ericsson Nikola Tesla signed a contract with the first Belarus mobile operator JV MDC Velcom about the infrastructure upgrade, valued at HRK 250 million. The Croatian telecom exporter and Belarus operator that this year celebrates the seventh year of its operation contracted this job in the middle of June.

[06.06.2006] The operator from Bosnia and Herzegovina HT Mobile Communications (a new name for Eronet) and Ericsson Nikola Tesla signed a new contract valued at EUR 2,1 million.

[05.06.2006] With new contracts signed in Russia Ericsson Nikola Tesla has significantly widened its existing AXE system infrastructure in that market and the company also signed several strategic enterprise contracts in the markets of the Commonwealth of the Independent Countries (CIS).

[02.06.2006] The joint stock company Ericsson Nikola Tesla (ETK) held its Annual Meeting on June 1, 2006. At the Meeting HRK 73,086,900.00 of share capital was represented, which is 55,4% of the equity and sufficient for adopted decisions to be valid in law.

[26.05.2006] At the end of May Ericsson Nikola Tesla, the leading regional and Croatian supplier of ICT solutions, and Tele2 Croatia, a subsidiary of the leading pan-European alternative telecom operator, signed a managed services (field operation) contract covering all Tele2 locations in the country. This is the first managed services job contracted in Croatia and, when mobile networks are concerned, it is the first managed services contract in Central Europe.

[26.05.2006] The Business.hr Conference, organized by the weekly Business.hr in partnership with the Economics Institute in Zagreb, took place on May 25 in the Westin hotel in Zagreb. The conference topics covered research and innovations as competitive advantage. Within the boundaries of this topic, MSc Gordana Kovačević, president of Ericsson Nikola Tesla, presented ETK experience in research and development as well as innovativeness as a means for raising the competitiveness.

[25.05.2006] MIPRO is the largest international conference on information-communications technology in the Republic of Croatia and in the broader region and this year it is taking place in Opatija, on May 22 - 26. Ericsson Nikola Tesla is participating in this year's MIPRO, the 29th in the row, with a number of activities and it is the general sponsor of the conference.

[18.05.2006] On the occasion of the Day of the Elementary School Nikola Tesla in Rijeka the company president Gordana Kovačević, M.Sc., in the presence of the mayor Vojko Obersnel, handed over to the school an interactive ultrasound presentation board, a modern educational tool that will support the improved students’ results.

[10.05.2006] In a celebrative atmosphere of 10th anniversary of the foundation of Ericsson company in Sarajevo on May 10, 2006 Hamdo Katica, CEO of BH Telecom, the biggest operator in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Gordana Kovačević, president of Ericsson Nikola Tesla signed a packet of contracts whose value exceeds HRK 34 million.

[10.05.2006] Login@Europe is the annual web site design contest for students of secondary and elementary schools. The web site contents have to be related to the European Union. This year's contest topic was The Young People's Mobility in the European Union, a topic relating to the European Year of Workers' Mobility 2006.

[28.04.2006] Ericsson Nikola Tesla, Croatian ICT leader will provide BH Telecom, the biggest operator in Bosnia and Herzegovina with the equipment and solutions enabling new advanced mobile telephony services. The representatives of these two business partners whose cooperation spans many years signed contracts valued at more than HRK 7.5 million. This contract will enable significant expansion and upgrade of the mobile communication services in BH Telecom's networks.

[27.04.2006] As it was announced at a press conference by Vipnet, the Croatian wireless subsidiary of the Telecom Austria Group, their mobile Internet access over the first HSDPA network in this country has been launched and is now available to users in three Croatian cities - Zagreb Rijeka and Opatija.

[25.04.2006] The main features of the Ericsson Nikola Tesla operations in the first quarter of 2006 are stability and growth. Orders booked went up by 14%, whereas sales went up by 11% compared to the same period last year. Rising activities are due to the growing business volume in Croatia, in internal Ericsson market and continued business in the CIS markets.

[20.04.2006] The Vodafone Group has awarded Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERICY) its Network Supplier of the Year award because of "an efficient cooperation, being first to deliver HSDPA and an overall strong engagement with the Vodafone Group." The award was presented at Vodafone's inaugural Global Supplier Conference.

[05.04.2006] On 4th April 2006 a press conference was held in our research and development unit in Split. Media representatives were informed about the business results of Ericsson Nikola Tesla in 2005 and about the role and contribution of research and development unit in Split in the overall performance of ETK and in Dalmatia.

[03.04.2006] Ericsson and Acea, the second largest electricity distributor in Italy, have signed a 10 year managed service agreement to manage and develop Acea's system for Automatic Meter Reading (AMR). The system will be deployed in Rome to 1.5 million households.

First quarter of 2006
[31.03.2006] Milan Bandić, the mayor of Zagreb and Ivo Jelušić, the deputy mayor, with their associates visited the company on March 31. Gordana Kovačević, the president of the company, together with the members of the management team, held a working meeting during which she told the delegation about the company, its activities and business performance.

[23.03.2006] The traditional annual Ericsson Nikola Tesla’s Enterprise Event held in the Cinestar Centre in Zagreb on March 23 was the ideal occasion for the company to demonstrate its system integration competencies and its power as the supplier of cutting edge IP-based business applications and content.

[17.03.2006] Ericsson Nikola Tesla and Vodatel Croatia, one of the most important Internet services providers in the country, signed a contract on delivery of total TriplePlay infrastructure covering the area of the City of Zagreb, and as the demand in the market dictates, in the wider area.

[13.03.2006] Tele2, the third mobile operator in Croatia, and Ericsson Nikola Tesla signed an agreement for the delivery of equipment and total communication solution for UMTS, the 3rd generation mobile network.

[09.03.2006] The annual press conference of Ericsson Nikola Tesla (ETK) was held on March 9, 2006. There the performance of the company in 2005 and the outlook for 2006 were presented. The conference was attended by a number of journalists from printed media, radio and TV and also by a number of investors.

[22.02.2006.]  Members of the 'mobilkom austria group' have selected Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERICY) to upgrade their 3G networks to HSDPA, thus boosting the performance of mobile broadband. The system rollout has already started and the network of mobilkom austria was first launched in Vienna in January this year.

[09.02.2006.]  Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERICY) and VimpelCom, which operates Russia's Beeline service, are the first to demonstrate 3GPP standard-based compressed speech and signaling (SIGTRAN) over IP in a commercial GSM network.

[31.01.2006.] * Net sales SEK 45.7 (39.4) b. in the quarter, full year SEK 151.8 (132.0) b. * Net income SEK 8.5 (5.6) b. in the quarter, full year SEK 24.3 (17.5) b. 1) * Earnings per share SEK 0.54 (0.35) in the quarter, full year SEK 1.53 (1.11) 1)

[30.01.2006.] Indonesian mobile operator Natrindo Telepon Selular (NTS) has awarded Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERICY) a contract to build, operate and manage its new 3G/WCDMA network in Jakarta and surrounding areas.

[25.01.2006.] Ericsson today announced a pan-European mobile music agreement with EMI Music. The agreement allows Ericsson to enable European mobile operators to distribute ringtunes and full-track downloads from EMI's catalogue in Europe, including tracks by Coldplay, Faith Evans, Gorillaz, Norah Jones, KT Tunstall, and Robbie Williams and others.

[18.01.2006.] Ericsson has introduced a new range of BusinessPhone solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that enable them to take advantage of greater group collaboration, presence and multimedia communications - along with many other enhancements in mobility, IP-based convergence and applications integration.