INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Mobile Technology
Ericsson and Swisscom
get 5G ready for business
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ricsson and Swisscom, a leading
telecommunications provider in
Switzerland, have stepped up their
5G game by accomplishing Europe’s first
end-to-end, multivendor 5G Non-Standalone
(NSA) data call on 3.5 GHz band in the Swiss
city of Burgdorf. The operator plans to roll out 5G services in
selected locations by the end of 2018.
The end-to-end 5G data call was made over
Swisscom’s 3GPP-compliant network using
Ericsson Radio System radio, baseband
and transport solutions, as well as the
Ericsson Cloud Packet Core operated on a
system-verified Ericsson NFVi solution. Data
transmissions were carried out using Intel’s
Mobile Trial Platform (MTP) device and
Swisscom’s 5G-subscribed SIM card. Fredrik Jejdling, Executive Vice President and
Head of Business Area Networks, Ericsson,
said: “We’ve raised the bar on our strategic
partnership with Swisscom with these new
milestones. By achieving an end-to-end data
call on the 3.5 GHz band and kick-starting
the 5G network rollout, we are helping
Swisscom bring 5G services quicker to its
customers. Access to new technologies will
prepare industries for 5G use cases that will
benefit the whole of Switzerland.”
Swisscom aims to be the first mobile
operator in Switzerland to offer 5G
services, pending the definitive outcome
of commercial spectrum in the country.
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Heinz Herren, CIO and CTO at Swisscom, said:
“The experience that Swisscom gains with the
5G network in Burgdorf is very important for
our coming launch of 5G services.”
Swisscom and Ericsson demonstrated end-to-
end network slicing on Ericsson’s 4G and 5G
network solutions at Mobile World Congress
2018. In November 2017, Swisscom selected
Ericsson as strategic supplier for Gigabit LTE
and 5G. n
ACCESS TO NEW
TECHNOLOGIES
WILL PREPARE
INDUSTRIES FOR 5G
USE CASES THAT
WILL BENEFIT
THE WHOLE OF
SWITZERLAND.
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