WASHINGTON, Oct. 10, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Ericsson (NASDAQ:
ERIC) and telecommunications operator Swisscom are now live with a
full-stack telco cloud infrastructure, with the first service
assisting small and medium enterprises. The Swisscom cloud-based
enterprise service is deployed on Ericsson's Network Functions
Virtualization infrastructure (NFVi) solution, and went into
commercial operation in September.
The two companies will now begin to onboard other services to
address further market segments and opportunities, while ensuring
business continuity management and automation process evolution of
live solutions.
This latest news is a result of last year's announcement from
the two companies, where Swisscom selected Ericsson to transform
its network infrastructure through the deployment of a full stack
telecom cloud solution, including Network Functions Virtualization
(NFV) and Software Defined Networking (SDN). Ericsson's NFVi
offering comprises Ericsson Cloud Manager, Ericsson Cloud Execution
Environment, Ericsson Cloud SDN, Ericsson Hyperscale Datacenter
System 8000, and system integration and support services.
Daniel Staub, Head of Joint
Mobile Group, Swisscom, says: "Ericsson's NFVi solution provides
Swisscom with the speed, agility and efficiency that we need to
deploy new services and capture the opportunities presented by 5G
and IoT. Our first service is now live, servicing the small and
medium enterprise market, and we will continue to work closely with
Ericsson to onboard other services in the immediate future."
Ulf Ewaldsson, Senior Vice President and Head of Digital
Services, Ericsson, says: "Operators around the world are
transforming their networks in preparation for 5G and IoT, and
network virtualization is a key component of a 5G Ready Core
network. Our NFVi solution helps Swisscom to rapidly address
changing consumer demands with swift development and deployment of
innovative new service offerings for a plethora of new use cases
presented by 5G and IoT."
Live deployment of Ericsson NFVi signifies an important first
step for Swisscom to transform its network, and for the two
companies to build the necessary infrastructure required to further
their 5G for Switzerland programactivities. Under the program,
Ericsson, Swisscom and EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de
Lausanne) are working with industry partners to develop and trial
industrial applications with 5G and IoT technology in areas such as
smart transportation, autonomous driving, automated traffic control
systems, smart grids and manufacturing.
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