Confidentiality request and justification

FCC ID: TA8AKRC161134-51

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                                                                  Ericsson Internal
                                                                  EXHIBIT 13                                                1 (1)
Prepared (also subject responsible if other)                      No.

EJIAXIA                                                           TA8AKRC161134-51 Uen
Approved                                         Checked          Date                Rev         Reference

CBC/XRV/EP/EJIAXIA                               EKAILIA          2009/5/19           B

 Federal Communications Commission                                 SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden
 Authorization & Evaluation Division                               Brinellgatan 4
 7435 Oakland Mills Road                                           Box 857
 Columbia, Maryland 21046                                          SE-501 15 Borås
 Attention: Equipment Authorization Branch                         Sweden

May 19, 2009

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:

Our base station equipments are non-consumer devices thus they are not sold to the general public. They are not serviceable by
consumer but by us / our designated technicians. They are 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 equipment compared to the previous
equipment, the listed Exhibits/Items need to be protected from disclosure to our competitors in the industry. As the FCC 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 equipments are generally installed in restricted places, public access is not possible although some types of our equipment
under certain circumstances can be installed in an unrestricted place, but our equipment are either key-locked or mast mounted
and therefore can not be opened except by authorized personnel or inaccessible to general public.

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 our equipment, 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 9 Internal Photos of Radio Equipment
            EXHIBIT 4 Block Diagrams
            EXHIBIT 5 Schematic Diagrams
            EXHIBIT 8 Manuals
            EXHIBIT 10 Parts List
            EXHIBIT 12 Technical Circuit Description

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

Regards,

Xiaoying Jiang
Product Approval Engineer, RBS I&V
Ericsson (China) Communications Company Ltd.
Ericsson Tower, No.5 Lize East Street, Chaoyang District
Beijing 100102, P.R.China
Telephone: +86 10 8476 7125
Fax: +86 10 8476 7731
E-mail: xiaoying.jiang@ericsson.com



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Document Modified: 2009-05-19 20:32:49

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