"Our new Partnership for Disaster Relief will lay the groundwork to
advance the private sector's role in disaster preparedness and will reap
immeasurable benefits when a natural disaster occurs," said Hank McKinnell,
Chairman of Business Roundtable and Chairman and CEO of Pfizer Inc. In addition,
the Roundtable will facilitate relationships with humanitarian relief
organizations now so that clear channels of communication have been
established before a disaster occurs.

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companies will play a coordinated and pivotal role in supporting humanitarian
agencies' outstanding relief work on the ground and national governments '
ongoing recovery efforts. At that conference, former President Bill Clinton, UN Special Envoy for
Tsunami Recovery, and Jan Egeland, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian
Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, called on the international
community to remain committed to providing relief for East Asian tsunami
victims, and to use those efforts as a model for the future. companies.
"One of the central problems in any major disaster is getting necessary
and life-saving goods to those who need them," said John J.
Ericsson Response is currently active in the area devastated by
the tsunami in South-East Asia.

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The program will bring the resources and expertise of U. Businesses will identify ways to more effectively channel needed
goods, services, financial resources and employee expertise to NGOs and multi-
lateral agencies when disaster strikes.gsmworld.

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"Through
this unique collaboration -- across sectors, industries and borders -- U ."
The need for coordination in disaster response was the topic of a
conference hosted by the UN and the Roundtable at the United Nations on April
25.
Ericsson is shaping the future of Mobile and Broadband Internet
communications through its continuous technology leadership.25 billion customers across 210 countries and
territories.

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"In the opinion of our independent judging panel, the Ericsson
Response initiative is highly proactive, and motivated by a genuine
socially responsible attitude to provide the lifeblood of successful
relief efforts - mobile communications," said Mark Smith, Director of
communications at the GSM Association.

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The system was connected via satellite to the
Turkish operator Turkcell's network.
Ericsson Response embodies our corporate values," said Karl-Henrik
Sundstrom, Executive Vice President and CFO of Ericsson.

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The initiative will be managed by Business Roundtable, an association of
160 CEOs of leading U."
The Ericsson Response program won an award in the same category in
2002.

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companies. "We envision a coordinated and multi-faceted
recovery effort that provides the goods, services and expertise that are
critically needed to help victims of disaster. Castellani,
President of Business Roundtable. Encompassing technical ,
commercial and public policy initiatives, the GSMA focuses on ensuring
wireless services work globally, thereby enhancing the value of mobile
services to individual customers and national economies while creating
new business opportunities for operators and their suppliers. At the
end of 2004 , the Association embraced more than 650 operator members
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The Partnership will facilitate improved collaboration among businesses
and relief organizations such as the American Red Cross.
"At the American Red Cross, we have learned that preparation goes a long
way in helping people cope and recover following a disaster," Evans added . The goal
of the program is to help improve the quality, speed and effectiveness
of disaster response worldwide.

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Evans,
President and CEO of the American Red Cross, who joined McKinnell at today's
announcement . "Through this initiative the Roundtable
will harness the vast and diverse resources of our member companies to help
humanitarian organizations get the right aid at the right time to the right
place .

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Business Roundtable Announces Groundbreaking Initiative to Expand Relief and Recovery in Response to Global Natural Disasters

companies.
McKinnell, who also addressed the UN conference, said that the Partnership
for Disaster Relief will build on lessons learned from businesses' response to
the tsunami disaster to develop a broader preparedness system for future
natural disasters . Providing
innovative solutions in more than 140 countries, Ericsson is helping
to create the most powerful communication companies in the world.

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Business Roundtable member companies donated more than $200 million in
funding, services and materials to tsunami relief, part of over $450 million
donated by U.businessroundtable. Read more at:
http://www.com/ericssonresponse/

About the GSM Association

The GSM Association (GSMA) is the operator-led trade association
representing the global mobile industry.

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The Business Roundtable Partnership for Disaster Relief will seek to fully
integrate the capabilities of a variety of sectors -- such as health,
technology, financial services, construction, transportation and
communications -- into a coordinated private sector response .
"When a disaster strikes, we need to find the best way to get the right
resources to the right places as quickly as possible," said Marsha J.

Ericsson Honored for Emergency Relief by the GSM Association in Cannes

The fast deployment of the emergency network - within 24 hours
after its arrival - and communications support for up to 5,000 users
was an achievement benefiting the relief operations of the
humanitarian aid agencies. "Whenever
possible we will use our technology , resources and solutions to
support those in need.ericsson. More than 150 manufacturers and suppliers support the
Association's initiatives as key partners.

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chief executives are committed to advocating public policies that foster
vigorous economic growth and a dynamic global economy.
Read more at: http://www.

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Partnership for Disaster Relief to Work with
Humanitarian and Other Relief Groups

WASHINGTON, Business Roundtable today announced a
new initiative that will expand the private sector commitment to global relief
efforts by creating an unprecedented network to expedite relief to disaster
victims.S. Business
Roundtable will act as a facilitator in matching Non-Governmental
Organizations (NGOs) and multi-lateral agencies with appropriate U.
"Relationships with corporations and the resources they bring to the table
better enable the Red Cross and other nonprofits to fulfill our life-saving
missions.
"We will build on our momentum from the tsunami response by expanding our
commitment and strengthening the private sector's response to natural
disasters," McKinnell said.org) is an association
of chief executive officers of leading corporations with a combined workforce
of more than 10 million employees and $4 trillion in annual revenues.

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"We are pleased that Ericsson Response has received this award.

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The earthquake caused tens of thousands of victims and destroyed
almost all telecom infrastructure in the area. The GSM community accounts
for 75% of the digital mobile phone market worldwide.

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businesses to enhance and accelerate on-the-ground relief and recovery
activities in response to major natural disasters.

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STOCKHOLM, Sweden----Ericsson's
(NASDAQ:ERICY ) corporate citizenship program, Ericsson Response(TM),
was last night honored by the GSM Association for "Best Use of Mobile
in Emergency Situations" for its disaster relief operation following
the major earthquake in Bam, Iran, in December 2003. To meet the emergency
communication need, Ericsson Response sent a complete GSM mobile
communications system and volunteers from Ericsson Turkey and Ericsson
Iran to operate it.com/press

About Ericsson Response

Ericsson Response(TM ) is a global initiative that harnesses and
directs Ericsson's communications technology expertise and resources
to respond to and alleviate human suffering due to disasters.

Find sites related to the Kashmir, 2005 earthquake, also known as the Northern Pakistan earthquake or South Asia earthquake .

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The first step for the Business Roundtable Partnership for Disaster Relief
will be for member companies to identify the equipment, supplies, expertise
and staff members they could provide at the time of a disaster. Immediate support, including
volunteers and GSM equipment to enable communication for the relief
workers, was sent to Sri Lanka and Indonesia.