According to Torbjörn Nilsson, senior VP at Ericsson, "The Ericsson 3G IPR portfolio is extremely strong and is required by any company developing 3G products." Ericsson said it has about 40 per cent market share in 3G/WCDMA as well as in GSM/GPRS/edge, with over 10,000 granted patents worldwide. Ericsson launched a mobile system IP licensing business in September to capitalise of its know-how by providing handset manufacturers on the open market with complete technology platforms for use in 2.5G and 3G devices, including the GSM/GPRS, EDGE and WCDMA standards. is HyperActive's affliated US site.