BROWSING: Ericsson

Ericsson has announced a radio access network (RAN) software upgrade for standalone 5G NR (5G SA) systems which offers reduced capability (RedCap) 5G features to lower hardware complexity, extend battery life, and support a range of mostly-IoT based use cases, notably involving wearables, video...

DB, Ericsson, O2 Telefonica and Vantage Towers will receive state funding to test 5G infra along train tracks in Germany German train operator Deutsche Bahn (DB), Ericsson, O2 Telefónica and Vantage Towers are working together to develop a solution to deploy a 5G mobile communications...

Huawei will provide 5G base stations to operate in different spectrum bands Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies has secured over half of a major contract to deploy 5G mobile base stations for local carrier China Mobile, Chinese news site Yicai Global reported. According to the report, the...

Airtel said its 5G offering is currently available in more than 3,500 towns and cities across India Indian operator Bharti Airtel's 5G subscriber base has reached 10 million, after announcing it had signed up 2 million 5G customers in two additional regions, the company said...

Orange initially launched its 5G SA network in Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, Valencia and Seville Spanish telecom operator Orange said it expects its 5G Standalone (SA) network to reach nearly 30 Spanish cities by the end of the first half of 2023. Orange’s 5G SA network was...

Ericsson and Deutsche Telekom carried out a proof-of-concept to demonstrate a secure network slice that automatically connects to private cloud services Deutsche Telekom and Ericsson announced what they claim is the first implementation of a uniquely integrated solution to customize and manage end-to-end network slices...

Ericsson and Intel will focus on the joint development of enterprise use cases in select verticals such as manufacturing, transport and logistics Ericsson and Intel announced a collaboration with the aim of developing 5G use cases to accelerate the digitalization of enterprises across Thailand, Ericsson...

'True support is rooted in an action plan that creates long-term, sustainable change,' says Ericsson African-American Alliance Co-Chair Ericsson's African-American Alliance (AAA) is one of the company's employee resource groups, all of which are led by members of the workforce to advocate for important social...

Ericsson said that the combination of frequencies used was 50 megahertz FDD n1 and 100 megahertz TDD n77 Ericsson and MediaTek said they have set a new 5G upload speed record of 440 Mbps in low-band and mid-band spectrum using uplink carrier aggregation. In a release, the Swedish...

New industry-poll shock: critical comms vendor says enterprises are suffering with un-critical comms. That is the gist of a new survey from Ericsson-owned Cradlepoint, now established (or viewed, at least) as the Swedish firm’s enterprise-facing private 5G business, which says that 70 percent of...

Ericsson is providing the network equipment for the deployment of DNB's 5G network across Malaysia Swedish vendor Ericsson has deployed its Ericsson Security Manager (ESM) to improve the security of Malaysia’s Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) 5G network. DNB is the state agency in charge of the...

Orange said that the new 5G technology was recently launched in Bilbao, Alicante, Sabadell, Hospitalet, Castellon and Valladolid Spanish telecom operator Orange activated its 5G Standalone (SA) network in new cities across the country. According to the telco’s website, the new technology was recently launched in...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The refrain came again and again over the course of the afternoon, from carriers, network equipment makers and other industry players: Spectrum is the lifeblood of wireless, and the future of the telecommunications, the technological leadership of the United States, and the country's...

Ericsson will support KDDI in deploying 'manhole-shaped' 5G base stations, supplying sub-terrain antennas Japanese operator KDDI has selected Ericsson for the deployment of what it claims to be the country's first underground 5G base stations. The Swedish vendor said it will support KDDI in deploying 'manhole-shaped'...

The 5G private network was activated at a supply site owned by Ericsson in Tallinn, Estonia Ericsson and Telia said they have jointly launched what it claims to be the first enterprise 5G private network in the Baltics. In a release, the two companies said that...

PITTSBURGH, Penn.—The state of Alaska accounts for about one-fifth of the total geographic area of the U.S. but just 0.2% of the U.S. population, or around 724,000 residents. Alaskan carrier GCI started as a long-distance carrier in the early 1980s, and through acquisitions of...

The government of Malaysia said this decision will foster competition in the 5G field The government of Malaysia confirmed it will enable the deployment of a second 5G network next year, amid concerns about pricing and competition with the current single state-run network, according to...

Ericsson adding Dell infrastructure to its Cloud RAN product Dell Technologies, by way of its Telecom Systems Business, continues to develop its telco-facing solutions portfolio—largely by way of partnerships. In a duo of recent announcements, Dell is bringing its infrastructure to Ericsson’s Cloud RAN product,...

Ericsson and AMD will jointly explore the combination of AMD EPYC processors and T2 Telco accelerator Ericsson has partnered with AMD to further the development of its Open RAN and cloud RAN ecosystem. According to the companies, the collaboration will result in additional processing technologies...

A new Position Paper from Transforma Insights analyses the substantial changes occurring in the Connectivity Management Platform (CMP) space, including the impact of unit economics on the approach of the various CMP vendors and the operators that use them. Until recently the Connectivity Management Platform...

The use of 5G technologies can enhance the safety and security of the workers at the steel plant The Steel Authority of India Limited's (SAIL) Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Telecommunications Consultants India Limited (TCIL) with the...

First impressions count – and the trains are late, the stairs are broken, and the food is wrong. This is not the fabled German efficiency we came here to discuss – and see projected into the digital age across 17 cavernous halls of the...

Reliance Jio Infocomm has expanded its 5G infrastructure to 346 new cities in recent weeks Indian telco Reliance Jio Infocomm has already deployed its 5G service in 2,691 cities across 35 states in India, according to the carrier’s website. In recent weeks, the telco has expanded...

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