Ericsson will provide a complete mobile telecommunications solution that can be rapidly deployed to selected humanitarian operations and that will be installed, operated and maintained by Ericsson employees.
Today, Ericsson is uniquely positioned to provide some of the industry's most integrated and advanced information and communications technology to humanitarian organisations working in cooperation with OCHA, CNN reported.
Ericsson introduced Wireless LAN in Disaster and Emergency Response (WIDER), on behalf of OCHA to provide wireless hotspots and telecommunications between different relief agencies at the disaster site and to Internet via satellite. WIDER was first installed and utilised in the aftermath of the severe earthquake in Muzaffarabad.
This natural disaster killed more than 70,000 people and left millions homeless in October 2005. In Pakistan, Ericsson employees installed WIDER, which provided relief personnel with wireless network connectivity to an intranet that was maintained and updated for information transfer both within the relief organisations' own networks and among personnel.
The Ericsson Response system and support provided all relief workers access to a common network, enabling them to share the same local information.
"In particular, Ericsson helps us to achieve our mission of humanitarian coordination by helping to connect aid workers and organisations with one another. This cooperation is unique and in line with our long-term commitment and partnership with the United Nations ", it said. The system complements the fixed network, radio and satellite connections currently used in humanitarian missions.
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