Confidentiality request and justification

FCC ID: TA8AKRC161254-2

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Ericsson Z                                             EXHIBIT 13                                      1(@)
Prepared (aso subedresponsiiei oiied                   No
RSACGUS                                               TABAKRC161254—2 / 287AB—AS1612542
Poproved                               Tchecked        Date            [ Rov     Reference

EAB/FJB/VA [Christer Gustavsson]                      2012—12—06        E

 Federal Communications Commission                         SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden
 Authorization & Evaluation Division                       Brineligatan 4
 7435 Oakland Mills Road                                   Box 857
 Columbia, Maryland 21046                                  $—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 892
 Canada




Dec 06, 2012

Subject: Request for Confidentiality

To Whom It May Concern:

We, Ericsson AB, hereby request that the Exhibits/Itemslisted 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:

GSM, WCDMA, LTE and CDMA 2000 Base Stations (BS) are designed strictly based on the technical
specifications of the international project 3GPP & 3GPP2 (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 Z                                                 EXHIBIT 13                                2(2)
Prepared (aso subed ressonsere i on)                       No
RSACGUs                                                    TABAKRC161254—2 / 287AB—AS1612542
Approved                                      [Cresis      bas         Tre        Fefernce
EAB/FJB/VA [Christer Gustavsson]                           2012—12—06   E


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      5 Schematic Diagrams
           EXHIBIT      8 Manual
           EXHIBIT      9 Internal Photos
           EXHIBIT      10 parts List
           EXHIBIT      12 Technical Circuit Description


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




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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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