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LIST to coordinate Horizon Europe project on 6G mobile networks
The 6G-TWIN consortium includes partners such as Ericsson, Proximus and Viavi
The Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) confirmed it will coordinate a project, dubbed 6G-TWIN, on future 6G mobile networks which will be funded by the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS...
Airtel tests RedCap on its 5G network with Ericsson
Ericsson said that the commercialization of RedCap capabilities will enable Airtel to grow their consumer business and enable new industry applications
Indian operator Bharti Airtel and Ericsson confirmed they have successfully tested Ericsson’s pre-commercial Reduced Capability (RedCap) software on the former’s 5G network.
In a release,...
Ericsson sees drop in sales and an uncertain market for 2024
Ericsson's North American sales were down 60% YoY and 2% sequentially as 5G investments continue a downward trend
Ericsson saw a 10% drop in group organic net sales during the most recent quarter, continuing a streak of softening in the network equipment market.
The company...
Chunghwa Telecom, Ericsson use 5G network slicing for healthcare sector
This trial was completed at St. Paul's Hospital on Chunghwa’s 5G SA network and used an Ericsson network slicing solution
Taiwanese operator Chunghwa Telecom and Swedish vendor Ericsson have implemented network slicing technology to help improve healthcare services in Taiwan, the latter said ina release....
Ericsson opens 5G core excellence center for Middle East and Africa region
Swedish vendor Ericsson announced the opening of a 5G core (5GC) excellence center to serve the Middle East and Africa region.
The new facility will serve as a focal point for innovation, collaboration, and the advancement of 5G technology in this region, the vendor said...
Ericsson takes Lenovo to court over 5G patent infringement
The filing, submitted to a U.S. district court, indicates this the licensing transgressions have occurred 'in multiple jurisdictions'
Ericsson is suing Lenovo and its subsidiary Motorola Mobility for allegedly infringing 5G patents. The filing, submitted to a U.S. district court, indicates that the licensing transgressions...
Ericsson shakes up exec team to ‘accelerate business transformation’
Chris Houghton has been appointed to chief operating officer and Ã…sa Tamsons will assume the role of head of Business Area Enterprise Wireless Solutions
Ericsson is shaking up its executive team with two major developments: Chris Houghton has been appointed to chief operating officer (COO),...
Telia plans 5G transport corridors for self-driving vehicles
Telia noted that these 5G corridors will connect controlled test areas with public roads
Swedish operator Telia is currently developing 150 kilometers of 5G transport corridors along selected routes between important industrial and technology clusters around the country, the telco said in a statement.
The project...
Jio secures $2 billion loan to purchase 5G gear from Nokia: Report
Jio expects to reach nationwide coverage with its 5G services by the end of this year
India’s largest telecom operator, Reliance Jio Infocomm, has secured a $2 billion loan, which it will use to fund the acquisition of 5G network gear from Finnish vendor Nokia,...
Some 31 million users in India could upgrade to 5G this year: Study
Ericsson highlighted that 5G users in India stand out for their high daily engagement with apps, such as streaming HD video, video calling services, mobile gaming and AR
Nearly 31 million users in India could upgrade to 5G phones in 2023, according to a report...
Bharti Airtel reaches 50 million 5G customers
Bharti Airtel initially launched its 5G network in India in October 2022
Indian telco Bharti Airtel announced it has reached over 50 million unique 5G customers within one year of the launch of its 5G network, the operator said in a release.
The company also announced...
Telefonica, Ericsson sign deal to advance Cloud RAN adoption
Under the terms of the deal, Telefónica and Ericsson will also explore how to deploy Cloud RAN sites with a high degree of automation
Swedish vendor Ericsson and Spanish operator Telefónica have recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to accelerate the adoption towards an...
China Broadnet selects Huawei, ZTE for 5G core project
In June, China Broadnet said it had reached 9 million 5G package subscribers twelve months after launching the service
Chinese operator China Broadnet shortlisted local vendors Huawei and ZTE for the second phase of a 5G core project, Chinese press reported.
According to the report, the...
Malaysia says Huawei would participate in new 5G network: Report
The European Union and the U.S. had previously warned Malaysia of risks to national security if it allowed Huawei to take part in local 5G networks
Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said that the adoption of a dual 5G network scheme by the country from...
Ericsson Q&A: Navigating network data challenges and AI/ML
There is a dizzying array of data available to telecom operators on the status, performance and health of their networks; at various speeds and levels of granularity; focused on end-user-experience, peak network capability, or dozens of other potential indicators.Â
Operators face considerable challenges in making...
Ericsson and Google partner on cloud RAN
A cloud-native architecture allows operators to build and run scalable applications in public, private and hybrid clouds environments
Ericsson and Google Cloud are jointly developing a cloud RAN solution on Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) to help communications service providers (CSPs) optimize RAN infrastructure and get...
Orange Spain’s 5G SA network reaches 32 cities
Orange said its overall 5G network reached a coverage of 82% of the Spanish population
Spanish telecom operator Orange's 5G Standalone (SA) network currently reaches 32 cities across the country, the telco said in a release.
Orange’s 5G SA network was initially launched in Madrid, Barcelona,...
Ericsson to get funds for development of 6G radio microelectronics
Ericsson Antenna Technology Germany will lead the development of this project at the Rosenheim R&D site in Germany
Swedish vendor Ericsson said is set to receive a five-year funding award from Germany’s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action for its European Microelectronics and Communication...
Ericsson partners with Malaysia’s DNB for 5G RedCap deployment
Ericsson said the RedCap tests on the DNB network have been carried out on the time division duplex (TDD) 3500 and frequency division duplex (FDD) 700 layers
Swedish vendor Ericsson said it has successfully carried out tests on Malaysia’s 5G network deployed by Digital Nasional...
Postcards from the edge | Something strange at the 5G edge, says Southern California Edison
Something strange is occuring in the utilities sector with the introduction of private 5G at the critical edge, says Southern California Edison. The new capabilities of private cellular are unburdening the old grid-edge of low-power IoT, and also liberating it for game-changing high-power IoT....
Deutsche Telekom demos 5G network slicing
Deutsche Telekom noted that slices are implemented as a dynamic and automated end-to-end service offering that is activated in minutes across the 5G network
Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson, Mavenir and Blue Planet (which is a division of Ciena) said they have jointly demonstrated the benefits of...
MTN selects American Tower to manage its towers in Nigeria
MTN had launched 5G service in the country using equipment from Swedish vendor Ericsson
Africa’s largest mobile operator, MTN Group, said U.S. wireless infrastructure provider American Tower will take over its Nigerian tower operations from IHS Holdings, starting in 2025.
In a stock exchange filing, MTN...
TDC NET, Ericsson claim first 5G SA deployment in Denmark
In September 2020, TDC NET went live with the first Non-Standalone (NSA) 5G network in Denmark
Ericsson and Danish digital infrastructure provider TDC NET claimed to have switched on the first 5G Standalone (SA) network in Denmark.
TDC NET and Ericsson said they have already achieved...
Postcards from the edge | Rules-of-thumb for critical Industry 4.0 workloads, by Kyndryl
There is no blueprint for the critical Industry 4.0 edge, really; there is no way to rationalise in an easy matrix of applications and architectures which workloads stay at the edge and which go to the cloud. At least not in practical and usable...