The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector can play in enabling human rights, ending global poverty and contributing to a carbon-clean economy.

Ericsson will use its global position as the leadingtelecommunications vendor to catalyze the telecom sector and harnessthe technology and expertise of the industry to find tangiblesolutions to halve global extreme poverty. By bringing togetherpublic and private partners around the Volvo Ocean Race, Ericsson istaking another step in its ongoing commitment to help achieve theMDGs by 2015.

“We are in a unique position to involve our customers in this call toaction,” says Carl-Henric Svanberg, President and CEO of Ericsson.

Today there are more than 3.7 billion mobile subscriptions around theworld, within the next five years the figure is projected to almostdouble, with 90 percent of new growth coming from high-growtheconomies where rural communities have little establishedinfrastructure.

Together with the Earth Institute, Ericsson is bringing voice andinternet communication to over half a million people in the Millennium Villages, a novel development initiative operating in 10 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The company recently announced the launch of a mobile Innovation Center in Africa to develop applications related to health, education, agriculture, business development, finance, government services and the overall improvement of communication capabilities, with a special focus on the rural poor.

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