WASHINGTON, July 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --Ericsson (NASDAQ:
ERIC) has been selected by Wind Tre to modernize its Radio Access
Network (RAN) across Italy.
The deal will see the implementation of the Ericsson Radio
System (ERS) product portfolio into the Italian communications
service provider's network starting October
2018, including new ERS Radios, and ERS Basebands to improve
network quality and user experience for the company's 31 million
customers.
Arun Bansal, Senior Vice
President and Head of Europe &
Latin America at Ericsson, says:
"More and more service providers are turning to our state of the
art Ericsson Radio System to answer their RAN transformation
challenges. Our strengthened partnership with Wind Tre will bring
the best radio access solutions on the market to life in their
nationwide network. This will help to ensure that Wind Tre delivers
the best user experience possible to its customers in an
increasingly data hungry and ultra-low-latency demanding
market."
Since its launch in 2015, Ericsson has delivered Ericsson Radio
System with 5G-ready multi-standard solutions to more than 240
service providers worldwide.
Ericsson Radio System enables mobile operators to address growth
opportunities and transform their radio networks by leveraging a
5G-ready, multi-standard and modular architecture. It delivers
industry-leading performance on the smallest site footprint with
the lowest energy consumption.
The deal continues the collaboration and recent announcement
that Wind Tre has chosen Ericsson to virtualize its core network as
part of the evolution of its network to 5G Core.
Related links.
Ericsson Radio System
Ericsson to transform Wind Tre core network in Italy
For media kits, backgrounders and high-resolution photos, please
visit www.ericsson.com/press
Follow Us:
www.twitter.com/ericsson
www.facebook.com/ericsson
www.linkedin.com/company/ericsson
www.youtube.com/ericsson
Subscribe to Ericsson press releases here.
More Information At:
News Center
media.relations@ericsson.com
(+46-10-719-69-92)
investor.relations@ericsson.com
(+46-10-719-00-00)
About Ericsson
Ericsson enables communications service providers to capture the
full value of connectivity. The company's portfolio spans Networks,
Digital Services, Managed Services, and Emerging Business and is
designed to help our customers go digital, increase efficiency and
find new revenue streams. Ericsson's investments in innovation have
delivered the benefits of telephony and mobile broadband to
billions of people around the world. The Ericsson stock is listed
on Nasdaq Stockholm and on Nasdaq New York. www.ericsson.com
This information was brought to you by Cision
http://news.cision.com
http://news.cision.com/ericsson/r/wind-tre-selects-ericsson-for-ran-modernization-in-italy,c2568260
The following files are available for download:
http://news.cision.com/ericsson/i/roy9265,c2448403
|
ROY9265
|
View original
content:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/wind-tre-selects-ericsson-for-ran-modernization-in-italy-300676860.html
SOURCE Ericsson