PLANO, Texas, Sept. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Rural
Independent Network Alliance (RINA Wireless), a cooperative,
peer-to-peer association of independent Communication Service
Providers (CSPs), announced it has expanded its partnership with
Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) to bring Ericsson Cloud Packet Core
for 5G to their network.
Under the agreement, Ericsson will evolve RINA Wireless' core
network for existing services and introduce 5G networks quickly and
effectively to its infrastructure. The capabilities will be in
addition to their existing 4G Evolved Packet Core (EPC) and Radio
Access Network (RAN) infrastructure, already delivered by
Ericsson.
Dennie Mecham, Chief Operations
Officer for RINA Wireless, says: "RINA Wireless provides quality
network switching, hosting services and the latest technology to
our members in a prompt and complete manner. With the advancement
of 5G in the marketplace, RINA has decided to be a leader in
technology by continuing our partnership with Ericsson and
introducing 5G EPC to our network."
The partnership also advances RINA Wireless's competitive
capabilities, bringing 5G to end users as early as 5G devices are
commercially available and ensuring customers in rural areas
supported by RINA Wireless get access to the latest technology
innovations.
Rob Johnson, Head of Customer
Unit Regional Carriers for Ericsson North
America, says: "We're thrilled to expand our partnership
with RINA Wireless to deliver best-in-class network technology to
its customers, and further advance the availability of 5G
connectivity to end users in rural communities. Now RINA Wireless
end users in states like Utah,
Alaska, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado and Oregon will have access to 5G as soon as they
pick up a 5G device."
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ABOUT RINA WIRELESS
RINA Wireless is an LLC company that hosts multiple
carriers/operators for many of their wireless needs in several
states. RINA Wireless is owned and operated by carriers for
carriers, much like a cooperative, to keep switching/core costs
affordable for rural and regional carriers. RINA Wireless has been
hosting carriers since 2005 and has a team of professionals to
handle any needs that wireless carriers may have. RINA Wireless can
provide your IMS, VoLTE, VoWiFi, CBRS, LTE and now 5G services
making any companies wireless deployments much easier and
affordable.
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