KISTA, Sweden, Oct. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Building on more
than 20 years of collaboration, Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) and
AT&T today announced a five-year agreement to accelerate the
expansion of AT&T 5G. This deal helps support deployment of the
service provider's recently acquired C-band spectrum and the launch
of 5G Standalone (SA). AT&T is tapping into Ericsson's leading
network expertise as the company works toward its 5G network
goals.
Ericsson will help AT&T to bring its 5G network to more
consumers, businesses and first responders across key industries -
including 5G use cases in sports and venues, entertainment, travel
and transportation, business transformation and public safety.
AT&T's network evolution is made possible in part by the
Ericsson Radio System portfolio, which includes the Advanced
Antenna System, Advanced RAN Coordination and Carrier Aggregation
technologies.
These deployments will support future network enhancements like
Cloud RAN, which offers communications services providers increased
flexibility, faster delivery of services and greater scalability in
networks.
The solution supports a centralized RAN architecture enabled by
Ericsson Fronthaul Gateway, a new technology that will enable a
more efficient transport of the fronthaul interface by converting
it to packet (eCPRI).
Scott Mair, President, AT&T
Network Engineering and Operations, says: "As we continue to expand
our nationwide 5G network, Ericsson's technology offerings and 5G
expertise will assist with our network evolution. This latest
agreement provides the pathway for us to deploy Ericsson's
next-generation centralized RAN architecture, enabled by Fronthaul
Gateway, with the ability to support future network enhancements,
like the evolution to Cloud RAN."
Ericsson Cloud RAN is a cloud-native software solution handling
compute functionality in the Radio Access Network (RAN). It
complements the existing technologies in the RAN domain and allows
for the adoption of leading practices to become a foundation for
openness, enabling innovation in 5G.
Ericsson Cloud RAN will enable communications service providers
to seamlessly evolve towards cloud-native technologies and open
network architectures to meet the demand for more deployment
flexibility.
Niklas Heuveldop, President and Head of Ericsson North America, says: "This agreement
reinforces our long-standing partnership of innovation and
execution with AT&T. 5G networks will enable unprecedented,
sustainable and exponential growth, accelerating the digital
transformation of industries and the public sector, for the benefit
of consumers, enterprises and society at large. Ericsson is excited
to join forces with AT&T to help make this vision a
reality."
MORE INFO
5G Carrier Aggregation and Advanced RAN Coordination is a
blended solution that optimizes coverage, capacity, and latency of
mid-band and high-band deployments. It enables communications
service providers to maximize their spectrum assets when deploying
5G.
Advanced Antenna System (AAS) is key to C Band deployment as it
enables extended coverage, while providing tremendous
throughput/capacity that can truly enable enhanced mobile
broadband.
Ericsson Fronthaul Gateway is a new technology that will enable
a more efficient transport of the fronthaul interface by converting
it to packet enhanced Common Public Radio Interface (eCPRI).
Related links:
Ericsson Radio System
Ericsson 5G RAN
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