- 5G to enhance the digital lives of people across
Bahrain
- Early benefits in mobile broadband coverage and user
experience
- Deal is the latest in a long and successful partnership
between the companies
WASHINGTON, March 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Ericsson
(NASDAQ: ERIC) has been selected by Batelco to commercially deploy
5G to enhance the digital lives of people, enterprises and
industries across Bahrain. The
nationwide 5G deployment will happen in phases in key
locations.
The deal, the latest in a long and successful partnership
between the companies, will see Ericsson commercial 5G equipment –
including 5G New Radio (NR), mobile transport, and core – being
deployed in Batelco's network.
Ericsson's high-speed and low-latency 5G technology will help
Batelco meet growing data traffic demands and deliver high-quality
enhanced mobile broadband and fixed wireless access
experiences.
The shift to 5G will bring enhanced mobile broadband to
data-hungry subscribers across Bahrain with huge speed and low-latency
changes in on-the-go user experiences such as streaming,
downloading, gaming, infotainment, and interactivity.
5G will also enable Batelco to help open-up opportunities in the
Internet of Things (IoT) and Industry 4.0 on a global scale to
enterprises and industries in Bahrain.
Batelco's stated mission is to drive network leadership in
Bahrain and provide customers with
next-generation mobile technologies. It recently achieved
Bahrain's first 3GPP-compliant 5G
data call on a commercial mobile network using a 5G pocket router.
The call used Ericsson Radio System solutions and 5G Cloud
Packet Core.
Mohamed Bubashait, CEO, Batelco Bahrain, says: "Batelco is
committed to delivering exceptional customer experience through
provisioning of seamless, advanced mobile services over 5G.
We are therefore very pleased to strengthen our strategic
partnership with Ericsson to commercially deploy 5G – to
enhance our mobile network and services for people across
Bahrain."
Rafiah Ibrahim, Head of Market
Area Middle East & Africa at
Ericsson says: "Today, we are partnering with Batelco for a 5G
commercial deployment in Bahrain.
5G promises to accelerate the digitization of industries, offering
service providers with new opportunities and enabling them to
launch the most advanced technologies while improving the end-user
experience with higher data speeds and lower latency."
Ericsson recently enhanced its 5G Platform with portfolio
additions across core, radio access and transport areas, as well as
service orchestration. The add-ons make the platform more dynamic
and flexible, enabling service providers to smoothly evolve their
networks and deploy 5G at scale.
Find out more about Ericsson 5G.
Find out more about Ericsson's other publicly announced 5G
contracts.
Find out more about Ericsson's 5G partnerships.
Find out more about Ericsson 5G use case trials.
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