Ericsson hits 5G milestone with expanded portfolio
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* First to market with combined core and radio for 5G use cases, accelerating
the journey to 5G with today's networks
* Enables global 5G access and transport, covering all frequency ranges
Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) introduces a 5G platform for the needs of the first
movers in 5G. Communications are rapidly moving toward data-heavy applications
like Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality everywhere. In light of that,
Ericsson is now first to market with solutions to enable today's networks to
evolve smoothly to the next generation of networks.
Ericsson's new 5G platform comprises the 5G core, radio and transport
portfolios, together with digital support systems, transformation services and
security. Preparing for 5G opportunities represents a huge opportunity for
operators.
Ericsson expects that in 2026, there will be a USD 582 billion market
opportunity globally as telecom operators leverage 5G technology for industry
digitalization. For operators, this represents potential to add 34 percent
growth in revenues in 2026. In a forthcoming study, Ericsson finds that for
operators the manufacturing and energy/utilities sectors represent the biggest
opportunity for revenues created or enhanced by 5G.
"With this launch, we introduce our 5G platform to support the beginning of a
huge change in network capabilities, allowing our customers to offer more
advanced use cases and new business models to their customers. It is an
important milestone enabling operators to continue their evolution journey to
5G," says Arun Bansal, Head of Business Unit Network Products at Ericsson.
"We are pleased with the progress Ericsson is making in advancing 5G technology
commercially," says Roger Gurnani, Chief Technology Officer, Verizon. "Our
customer trials with 5G technology in 11 cities across the US are an important
step in accelerating the path to the next generation of wireless services."
At the core
Ericsson now launches its first 5G Core System capable of 5G use cases based on
network slices. Network slicing allows an operator to provide dedicated virtual
networks with functionality specific to the service or customer over a common
network.
Already today, this enables some early 5G use cases for telecom operators to
capture growth opportunities. Thus, Ericsson is now introducing additions into a
number of areas of its 5G core system and applications:
* Federated network slices for 5G roaming extends this concept to a visited
network. This technology will make it possible for an operator to provide a
network service globally, ensuring enterprises do not need individual
agreements with different operators for a global service experience.
* Network slice management to automate the setup of service connections and to
secure service quality, to save costs and to gain fast time to service.
* 5G policy and user data for network slices to ensure users get the right
service quality and have data integrity.
* Distributed cloud to facilitate short latency applications, such as real-
time face recognition, by moving applications and workloads closer to the
access. In addition, the 5G-enabled packet core will allow full separation
of control and user data, as well as unprecedented capacity and user data
rates.
* 5G transformation services to ensure the migration of the network and
operation from legacy to 5G core, virtualized and based on an automated
operational model.
One proof point has been successfully demonstrated by Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson
and SK Telecom. The three have jointly built and demonstrated the world's first
intercontinental 5G trial network where network slices were made available in
the other operator's footprint.
New additions build on the foundation where the journey to 5G has already
started, with virtualization, where hardware-based functions are put on cloud
infrastructure platforms as data centers. Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)
and Software Defined Networking (SDN), will be used for networking and
programmability, bringing ultra-scalability, programmability and automation to
the networks. And, Ericsson's current portfolio of User Data Management, Evolved
Packet Core and IP Multimedia Subsystem, is put in the cloud to support new use
cases.
Dimitris Mavrakis, Research Director, ABI Research, says: "Ericsson's new
product launch is a firm demonstration of its technical expertise in 5G and NFV,
adding significant value on top of its existing core functionality. It indicates
technology maturity for NFV and 5G core and federated network slicing is a
radical forward-looking concept, opening up for new business models
opportunities."
Market-first global 5G access and transport portfolio
In radio and transport, Ericsson adds mid-band and high-band 5G New Radio (NR)
Radios to the world's first 5G NR radio that the company launched last year.
Having radios available for all frequency ranges will bring benefits of 5G
communications globally. The 5G radio portfolio will be the first to support the
new standardized 5G fronthaul interface (called eCPRI).
The support of these new business opportunities and new applications will
require delivering terabyte of data throughout the network. To ensure the
needed network transport capabilities, Ericsson also introduces optimized
transport solutions. It delivers a MINI-LINK enabling speed of 10Gbps and new
rail-mounted fronthaul and router products, enabling zero footprint.
Ericsson will also be delivering new innovations on the road to 5G via the LTE
networks, and 1 Gbps LTE solutions. New products complement the award-winning
Ericsson Radio System and will increase the energy and spectrum efficiency of
4G networks and app coverage improvements. In addition, new radios will create
fast 1Gbps LTE networks.
Daniel Staub, Head of Joint Mobile Group, Swisscom, says: "Ericsson's new 5G
portfolio opens up for new opportunities. As we are taking our first steps
towards 5G, Ericsson's new wideband four-transceiver radio will help us produce
even more speed on 4G. With this, Swisscom remains the technology leader and
offers better customer experience."
Ken Rehbehn, Principal Analyst, Mobile Infrastructure, 451 Research, says: "By
gaining access to a broad set of NR radio units, high performance baseband
processing capacity and a full set of transport options, operators get the
ability to deploy substantial trial networks delivering key insight into 5G
operational characteristics and opportunity. This is a vital step that builds
operator trust and helps further overall industry progress towards 5G."
Ericsson at Mobile World Congress 2017
Anything can happen on the digital frontier, a promising but undiscovered
future. From February 27 to March 2 in Barcelona, Spain, Ericsson is
demonstrating a collaborative approach and innovative solutions to succeed in
this arena.
With our customers and partners, we work across industries, physical boundaries
and perceived limitations. Join us in Hall 2 or online during MWC 2017 and
engage in conversations and demonstrations about our favorite things: 5G;
platforms and services for IT, Cloud, Networks, and TV & Media; connected
solutions for industries; the Internet of Things; and partnering for success.
See you there!
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