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HONG KONG, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ –

Initiative Aims to Simplify Technology Integration for Operators and Service
Providers

ITU TELECOM WORLD 2006, TELECOM VILLAGE HALL 5 — Sun Microsystems, Inc.
(Nasdaq: SUNW) today announced a new global cooperation with Ericsson and Nokia
that aims to unite the Network Equipment Provider (NEP) community and assist
telecommunications operators and service providers. Coming together as the
Telecommunications Platform Initiative, members are jointly developing the
requirements for a standardized, integrated telecommunications technology
platform to simplify technology integration by enabling design, development and
supply chain efficiencies.

"Ericsson is pleased to be a part of this collaborative community which is
bringing us together to advance the industry as a whole," said Torbjorn
Lundahl, Vice President of Ericsson Multimedia Systems. "With the backing of
key NEPs and the advantage of Sun’s community-building experience and in-depth
understanding of open technologies, I am confident that this effort will lead
to a much stronger industry alignment and bring major benefits to our
customers."

Jyrki Holmala, Vice President, OSS Software, Networks, Nokia said: "The
Telecommunications Platform Initiative recognizes that technology integration
is a common challenge for all NEPs and shows our willingness to work together
to find cost-efficient and open standards-based solutions for the industry.
There is an excellent fit with Nokia’s Operations Support Systems (OSS)
middleware strategy and our Open EMS Suite platform product roadmaps."

Sun, Ericsson and Nokia Step Up to Benefit Industry
To succeed in today’s competitive telecommunications market, operators
must constantly find new ways to bring services to market more quickly while
simultaneously boosting subscriber revenues. Sun, Ericsson and Nokia jointly
recognized the industry need for a common platform infrastructure that would
provide a uniform foundation to help address these market pressures. By
collaborating on a series of publicly available requirements documents for the
Operations, Administration and Management Layer (OA&M) and Service Layer
environments, the members of this Initiative will provide the broader
telecommunications industry with new alternatives to improve time to service,
time to market and ultimately, time to revenues.

"We are faced with huge integration issues today when we purchase
solutions from multiple NEPs," said Javier Gutierrez, Enablers Development
Senior Manager of Telefonica Moviles Espana. "The results of the newly formed
Telecommunications Platform Initiative will help us simplify platform
management, allowing us to focus more on rapidly launching innovative services
for our customers."

NEP Community Backs Initiative
By coming together to jointly define industry platform requirements, the
NEPs benefit from greater freedom to focus more resources on their core
competencies. The members of the Telecommunications Platform Initiative are
defining and developing an architecture that will be easily adaptable to a
wide range of applications.

"The feedback from our telecommunications customers on this new initiative
has been extremely positive," said Peter Ewens, Vice President, OEM Business,
Sun Microsystems. "Leading OEMs like Nokia and Ericsson are excited to see Sun
step up and engage in a collaborative community effort to relieve some of
their platform development and integration challenges through technology
standardization across the industry."

Sun and the members of this Initiative will continue to be actively
involved with other standardization and specification bodies such as PICMG
( http://www.picmg.org ) and SCOPE ( http://www.scope-alliance.org ).

About Sun Microsystems, Inc.
A singular vision — "The Network Is The Computer"(TM) — guides Sun in
the development of technologies that power the world’s most important markets.
Sun’s philosophy of sharing innovation and building communities is at the
forefront of the next wave of computing: the Participation Age. Sun can be
found in more than 100 countries and on the Web at http://sun.com .

About Ericsson
Ericsson is shaping the future of Mobile and Broadband Internet
communications through its continuous technology leadership. Providing
innovative solutions in more than 140 countries, Ericsson is helping to create
the most powerful communication companies in the world. For more information:
http://www.ericsson.com .

About Nokia
Nokia is a world leader in mobile communications, driving the growth and
sustainability of the broader mobility industry. Nokia connects people to each
other and the information that matters to them with easy-to-use and innovative
products like mobile phones, devices and solutions for imaging, games, media
and businesses. Nokia provides equipment, solutions and services for network
operators and corporations. www.nokia.com

About Telefonica Moviles Espana
Telefonica Moviles Espana ( http://www.empresa.movistar.es ) is the mobile
operator of Telefonica in the Spanish market. As of September 2006, Telefonica
Moviles Espana had most than 21 million customers and a wide catalogue of
services and applications with the latest mobile technology, such as UMTS.
Movistar is the brand for the mobile companies of Telefonica Group in Spain
and Latin America with exception of Brazil.

NOTE: Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun Logo, Solaris and The Network Is The
Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in
the United States and other countries.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Diane Hepps
Bite Communications for Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Tel: +1 212 857 9385
diane.hepps@bitepr.com

Ericsson Media Relations
Tel. +46 8 719 6992
press.relations@ericsson.com

Nokia, Networks
Communications
Tel. +358 7180 34379

allpress@sun.com
+1 (650) 786-7737

SOURCE Sun Microsystems, Inc.

CONTACTS:
Diane Hepps
Bite Communications for Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Tel: +1 212 857 9385
diane.hepps@bitepr.com

Ericsson Media Relations
Tel. +46 8 719 6992
press.relations@ericsson.com

Nokia, Networks
Communications
Tel. +358 7180 34379

allpress@sun.com
+1 (650) 786-7737

Web site: http://sun.com
http://www.ericsson.com
http://www.nokia.com
http://www.empresa.movistar.es
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