Partners

Founding partner: Ericsson is a world-leading provider of telecommunications equipment and services to mobile and fixed network operators. Over 1,000 networks in more than 180 countries use our network equipment, and more than 40 percent of the world's mobile traffic passes through Ericsson networks.

In the future, not just people and places will be connected, but also things. Anything that can benefit from being connected will be connected. In 10 years, Ericsson envision 50 billion connected devices for a multitude of applications, such as the control of power consumption in our homes and remote health monitoring of patients.

Founded in 1876 and headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, Ericsson had 104 525 employees (Dec 31, 2011) and presented net sales, Q4 2011: SEK 63.7 billion / USD 9.8 billion.

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Founding partner: TeliaSonera is Europe's 5th largest telecom operator with 170 million subscriptions (Q4, 2011). TeliaSonera is an international group with a global strategy, with presence in Azerbaijan, Denmark , Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Nepal, Norway, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Tajikistan, Turkey and Uzbekistan.

TeliaSonera launched the first 4G networks in the world in Stockholm and Oslo in December 2009. The pioneering 4G city networks cover the central areas of capitals and larger cities. Since then commercial 4G networks have been launched in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia and Lithuania. With 4G, TeliaSonera is further developing the online society helping people and companies communicate in an easy, efficient and environmentally friendly way.

Founded in 1853 and headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, TeliaSonera had 28,412 employees worldwide (Q4, 2011) and presented net sales of SEK 104,354 million (breakdown per Business area: Mobility 49%, Broadband 35%, Eurasia 16%).

The Swedish Post and Telecom Agency (PTS) monitors the electronic communications and postal sectors in Sweden. The term ‘electronic communications’ includes telephony, the Internet and radio. The Agency works with consumer and competition issues, efficient utilisation of resources and secure communications.

PTS supervises telecom operators in order to ensure that competition is functioning. In the area of telephony, PTS also works with analyses of market trends and allocates the operators with number series. PTS distributes radio spectrum and issues licences for radio transmitters.Other tasks include investigating radio interference. In addition, PTS supervises Internet service providers to, for example, ensure that competition is functioning and that provisions concerning privacy protection are being complied with. The Agency's other tasks include working continuously to improve network robustness, as well as supporting the work of society as regards protection against IT incidents.

About PTS

FOI is an assignment-based authority under the Ministry of Defence. The core activities are research, method and technology development, as well as studies for the use of defence and security.  The organisation employs around 950 people of whom around 700 are researchers (2009). This makes FOI the largest research institute in Sweden. FOI provides its customers with leading expertise in a large number of fields such as security-policy studies and analyses in defence and security, assessment of different types of threats, systems for control and management of crises, protection against and management of hazardous substances, IT-security and the potential of new sensors.

About FOI

Mic Nordic is a Swedish company striving to meet the requirements of blue-light providers (police, fire brigade etc) and be the market leading distributor of equipment and services with focus on in building solutions and system in the area of RAKEL/TETRA, GSM , UMTS and CDMA. The demand on these communications technologies is good coverage and the possibility to make a call everywhere, such as in shopping malls, tunnels, office environment etc. The increased use of cell-phones requires more capacity and an optimized in-building cellular solution everywhere.

MIC Nordic has long experience from engineering and design of in-building systems such as active systems but also passive as well as repeater solutions. MIC Nordic represent the market leading suppliers worldwide of in-building equipments for mobile telephony, RAKEL/TETRA, GSM, 3G and CDMA 450.

About Mic Nordic

Icomera launched the world's first high-speed Internet solution for trains in September 2002 and is today the world's leading provider of open Internet connectivity and application platforms for passenger transport and public safety. Icomera’s award-winning products are deployed on rail, road and sea, serving more than 15 million Wi-Fi users in over 20 countries and providing high-speed access for fleet tracking and mission-critical on-board systems