1. Slide title In CAPITALS 50 pt Slide subtitle 32 pt Standards and Interoperability – Do they matter for ETPs? Dr. Fiona Williams, Research Director, Ericsson October 23, 2006

2. Top right corner for field-mark, customer or partner logotypes. See Best practice for example. Slide title 40 pt Slide subtitle 24 pt Text 24 pt Bullets level 2-5 20 pt © Ericsson AB 20062006-04-212 Investing for the future Mobile systems Next generation converged networks Broadband and transmission networks Professional services Activities in Technology Platforms: Chairmanship and founder member of eMobility, Steering Board member of NEM, Active participant in Nessi and Artemis Global presence, technology leadership, operational excellence

3. Top right corner for field-mark, customer or partner logotypes. See Best practice for example. Slide title 40 pt Slide subtitle 24 pt Text 24 pt Bullets level 2-5 20 pt © Ericsson AB 20062006-04-213 ICT Technology Platforms now SRAs finished for this year - major goal achieved Working groups and networking activities in focus at present What will it mean to be an XYZ-platform project in the future? –Discussion on-going but answer will differ from platform to platform It will be start of 2008 before it is clear what projects will exist whether within a platform or not within a platform Some platforms: Consortium preparation activities on-going in Steering Boards of some platforms Pre-selection of proposals in some platforms Some platforms provide a networking forum but are not attempting to organise the proposals within their technical area

4. Top right corner for field-mark, customer or partner logotypes. See Best practice for example. Slide title 40 pt Slide subtitle 24 pt Text 24 pt Bullets level 2-5 20 pt © Ericsson AB 20062006-04-214 Ericsson perspective on standards and interoperability in relation to ETPs ETPs need only be involved if existing organisations do not cover the issues adequately Issues requiring standardisation can be expected to come from project results from FP 7 and other collaborative projects –They are likely to be handled through company contributions rather than as project or platform contributions Support for interoperability testing could be useful but the existence of demand to do this within an ETP or FP 7 context is not yet evident Test-beds for a range of concepts as well as for inter-operability will probably be needed from laboratory test-beds to large scale test- beds Global market issues will play a role in decisions on where and how to standardise results when results start to emerge in 2010 and beyond

5. Top right corner for field-mark, customer or partner logotypes. See Best practice for example. Slide title 40 pt Slide subtitle 24 pt Text 24 pt Bullets level 2-5 20 pt © Ericsson AB 20062006-04-215