- Ericsson President and CEO, Börje Ekholm: milestone reflects Ericsson’s commitment to meeting customers’ needs
- Milestone includes 56 live networks globally
- Ericsson 5G platform helping to drive the company’s success
Ericsson has achieved a significant 5G milestone by securing the
company’s 100th commercial 5G agreement or contract with unique
communications service providers. The figure includes 58 publicly
announced contracts and 56 live 5G networks, spanning five continents.
The milestone was reached with the announcement of the 5G deal with
Telekom Slovenije on August 12. Ericsson has worked with major service
provider strategic partners since the early days of 5G R&D
development. The company’s first public 5G partnership announcement came
in 2014.
Initial technology engagements and memorandum of understanding (MoU)
partnerships were followed by 5G New Radio (NR) technology testing and
trials. Commercial deals and network roll-out announcements followed.
The first live commercial launches were announced in 2018.
Ericsson’s contracts span Radio Access Network (RAN) and Core network
deployments, enabled by products and solutions from the Ericsson Radio
System and Ericsson core network portfolios.
Ericsson 5G deployments include 5G Non-Standalone, 5G Standalone and
Ericsson Spectrum Sharing technology. They also include cloud native
capabilities with Ericsson’s dual-mode 5G Core.
Ericsson has deployed 5G in high-, mid- and low-bands in different
urban, suburban and rural environments to support enhanced mobile
broadband and fixed wireless access business cases. In some advanced 5G
markets, communication service providers are offering 5G-enabled
augmented reality and virtual reality services in education,
entertainment and gaming.
Ericsson President and CEO Börje Ekholm says: “Our customers’ needs have
been central to the development and evolution of Ericsson’s 5G
technology across our portfolio from the very beginning. We are proud
that this commitment has resulted in 100 unique communications service
providers globally selecting our technology to drive their 5G success
ambitions. We continue to put our customers centre stage to help them
deliver the benefits of 5G to their subscribers, industry, society and
countries as a critical national infrastructure.”
Ericsson has also worked with service providers, universities,
technology institutes, and industry partners to develop and pursue 5G
business and consumer use cases. These use cases include factory
automation, smart offices, remote surgery and other enterprise and
Industry 4.0 applications.
Some partnerships have resulted in the deployment of 5G dedicated
networks, including at Ericsson production facilities globally.
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