Ericsson closes contract with Methodist University in Brazil

The Ericsson has a close partnership with the Universidade Metodista de São Paulo. With this the Metodista brings to the students the opportunity to develop products for the multimedia environment of convergence of Internet and Telecommunications. Besides the Metodista two more universities in Brazil have shown interest in cooperation so far.

As part of the agreement the university should provide facilities such as labs, computers and teachers, while Ericson contributes to the SDS (Service Development Studio) and the training of teachers.

Romualdo Barros, IMS Expert center manager at Ericsson Brazil, says: "That in markets such as Brazil, where IMS networks are being put into operation, it is important to get universities and local companies to invest their brainpower into developing IMS applications."

"We will also help Universidade Metodista to select the best applications and even make demos of these to show to the local operators. And where there is an interest, we will introduce the students to potential customers, or to commercial software development companies."

Barros sees this program as part of a bigger future scenario: “We want to start with a few universities in Brazil and later include other Latin American universities, such as in Chile."

As a result of the program, the Ericsson expects the following:

• New skilled software professionals with IMS expertise

• New IMS applications, up and running, conceived for commercial use

• A positive picture of Ericsson as a company that brings innovation and investments to the academic world.

Source: Ericsson Mobility World
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