Confidentiality request and justification

FCC ID: TA8AKRC118055-1

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ERicsson 4
         Z                                                 EXHIBIT 13                                    1 (2)
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EBJOUTE                                                    TABSAKRC118055—1 / 287AB—AS$1180551
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EAB/FJB/VA [Christer Gustavsson]                           2013—10—22     A

  Federal Communications Commission                          SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden
  Authorization & Evaluation Division                        Brineligatan 4
  7435 Oakland Mills Road                                    Box 857
  Columbia, Maryland 21046, USA                              S$—501 15 Boras
  Attention: Equipment Authorization Branch                  Sweden

  Industry Canada
  Certification and Engineering Bureau
  3701 Carling Avenue, Bldg.94
  P.O. Box 11490, Station "H"
  Oftawa, Ontario K2H 8S2
  Canada




October 22, 2013

Subject: Request for Confidentiality

To Whom It May Concern:

We, Ericsson AB, hereby request that the Exhibits/Items listed below be withheld from public inspection
in accordance with Sections 0.457 and 0.459 of the Commission‘s Rules. This due to the following
reasons:

This Base Stations (BS) is designed strictly based on the technical specifications of the international
project 3GPP (the 3rd Generation Partnership Project). The competition in this field is very intense and
a less advanced solution/design could get an unfair advantage by accessing the information as listed
below from common domain. As we believe that we have implemented groundbreaking solutions and
designs into our recent BS/Radio Unit (RU) compared to the previous BS/RU, the listed Exhibits/Items
need to be protected from disclosure to our competitors in the industry. As the FCC and IC records have
in—depth information and a very wide distribution, we believe that you can understand our concerns. We
are strong in our belief that all vendors in the industry need to compete by their own merits. We regard
these Exhibits/Items to be our intellectual property and therefore as confidential information.

As our BS are generally installed in restricted places, public access is not possible all thought some
types of our BS under certain circumstances can be installed in an unrestricted place, but the doors on
all of our BS‘s are key—locked and can be opened only by authorized personnel. It is therefore individual
modules within our BS that should not be revealed to the public.


Ericsson 4
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EBJOUTE                                                          TABAKRC118055—1 / 287AB—AS1180551
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EAB/FJB/VA [Christer Gustavsson]                                 2013—10—22    A


There are advanced technical and design solutions/information in the Exhibits/Items, as mentioned
above, that we regard as Ericsson proprietary, with actual and potential patents pending. The
information can be advantageous to our competitors as well as sources seeking ways to hack past the
built in security functionality. These solutions or information thereof are not accessible even for our
customers or partners unless non—disclosure agreements for particular item(s) have been signed.
Confidential product information can be found in, but not necessarily limited to, internal photos of the BS
and the RU, block diagrams, schematics diagrams, and parts lists as well as certain documents, such as
the user‘s manuals. Those documents can only be accessible by the customers who purchase out BS
and accept the conditions and therefore are provided with unique information access tools.

            EXHIBIT 4 Block Diagram
            EXHIBIT         5 Schematics
            EXHIBIT         8 User manual
            EXHIBIT         9 Internal Photos of Radio Unit
            EXHIBIT         10 Parts List
            EXHIBIT         12 Technical Circuit Description


If additional information is needed, please contact me on the below listed number.




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Christer Gustavsson



Christer Gustavsson
Staff Engineer, Regulatory Programs Ericsson AB
FCC Registration Number (FRN): 0013476155
Isafjordsgatan 10
SE—164 80 Stockholm
Sweden
Telephone No. +46 10 7175949
e—mail: christer.qustavsson!@ericsson.com



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