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.
The full-service broadband strategy positions Ericsson as partner of choice for operators to provide users with the maximum convenience - any service to any device, anywhere.
Through an offering that includes world-leading solutions such as HSPA and VDSL2, together with IMS, Ericsson is poised to lead the way in full service broadband.
For users, this means a rich and interactive media experience. It also means new innovative services and easy access to the same content and services from any device. For operators and service providers, this will result in revenue growth and reduced churn as users use broadband connections both at home and on the move. Full service broadband will enable an optimized network and reduced total cost of ownership (TCO) for the operators, while minimizing risk and time-to-market. It also means attracting new sources of revenue from industries such as media and advertising.
During Broadband World Forum 2006, Paris, Ericsson demonstrated its different solutions for the operators to achieve full service broadband through technologies such as HSPA, the latest in EDA solutions (VDSL2+), IMS, GPON, and others.
Ericsson's High-Performance EDA (VDSL2) solution has been named the best access technology for 2006 by the International Engineering Consortium (IEC) at this event. The IEC InfoVision award confirms the leadership of Ericsson's EDA - with more than 100 networks, the most widely deployed IP-DSLAM solution in the world.
Situation in the Republic of Croatia and Ericsson Nikola Tesla's achievements in broadband access area
The Government of the Republic of Croatia emphasizes that diminishing the gap between Croatia and the EU relating to the penetration rate for broadband access is the major strategic objective till the end of 2008. Until then Croatia should reach the penetration rate for broadband access of at least 12%, which means that the number of 500.000 broadband users should be reached within that period.
The users in Croatia have at their disposal various mobile and fixed broadband access services based on the solutions provided by Ericsson Nikola Tesla. The company collaborates with the leading fixed, mobile and alternative operators in Croatia. T-Com was the first to implement the ADSL service in collaboration with Ericsson Nikola Tesla as early as 2001. Ericsson Nikola Tesla and T-Com were partners in implementing an EDA solution in 2004, and since then the collaboration has lasted and also the fixed broadband network of T-Com has grown in Croatia. The collaboration with T-Com in new technologies includes WiMAX as well, a technology for wireless access to fixed broadband network. Since April this year Vipnet has been offering, in collaboration with Ericsson Nikola Tesla, a mobile broadband access to the Internet across a HSDPA network with rates above 1,5 Mbps that until now have been possible in fixed networks only. Recently Vodatel has started providing Triple Play services in partnership with Ericsson Nikola Tesla; they also engaged the company's services for building their overall infrastructure, also for TriplePlay services, in accordance with the needs and requirements of the Croatian market. Other numerous activities outside the Croatian market account for Ericsson Nikola Tesla's business performance and the company's orientation to achieving leadership in broadband access.
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