Ericsson inaugurated a new Nanjing R&D Center building covering a total area of 11,700 m2. The Nanjing R&D Center, one of 5 such facilities worldwide, currently employs about 500 R&D engineers who are working on software and hardware for various communication standards, including GSM, WCDMA, LTE FDD and TDD (TD-LTE). The radio network controllers and radio base stations developed by the center have been deployed by major operators in more than 100 networks around the world.
Ericsson also marked the 20th anniversary of Nanjing Ericsson Panda Communications Co. Ltd., which has grown to become Ericsson's largest production supply centers.