Ericsson plans to resell Extreme Networks' switching equipment and integrate the company's technology in its own products for corporate clients.
Ericsson will also use Extreme's products on its networks based on Internet Protocol, the communications system that routes most data traffic on corporate networks and the Internet.
Ericsson and other phone equipment makers, like Nortel Networks, are pushing to develop new networks that can carry data and give phone users access to the global computer network, email, and other functions.
"This strategic alliance provides our customers with a competitive advantage by enabling them to increase their productivity by implementing emerging IP telephony services and business applications," such as Web-based call centers, Lars Svensson, vice president at Ericsson's Enterprise Systems Business Unit, said in a statement.
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