· 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 (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 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.
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.