- 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
KISTA, Sweden, Aug. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Ericsson (NASDAQ:
ERIC) 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 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 Cloud
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.
Börje Ekholm, President and CEO, Ericsson, 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 center 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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