"Under the terms of the deal, the Swedish comms tech company agreed to build a 5G network platform for AT&T, deploying a range of its 5G Open Radio Access Networks products and supporting the US operator's nationwide Open RAN ambitions. The deal is centred on creating an open programmable network that will enable AT&T to accelerate the commercial introduction of Open RAN equipment and open network management services from multiple suppliers, using purpose-built hardware and virtualised commercial off-the-shelf hardware."
"The collaboration also sees the operator using cloud-native technologies built on O-RAN standardised interfaces - with what Ericsson said will have industry scale, cost efficiency, sustainability and high-performance top of mind. Over time, AT&T and Ericsson will transform this to a cloud-native open network. The Ericsson offerings include massive MIMO and remote radios that are hardware-ready for the next generation of open fronthaul technologies. These radios are designed to lead to lower total cost of ownership through their reduced weight, size and power consumption."
"AT&T has just announced that to date, it has already completed nearly 40% of the overall swap programme from Nokia radios to Ericsson, and that it has added mid-band (N77) spectrum to over 15,000 sites, which it says deliver increased speeds and a "greatly improved" wireless experience for its customers. The programme was completed in collaboration with Ericsson and Fujitsu subsidiary 1Finity."
AT&T completed its first Open RAN call using third-party radios over its commercial network and is modernising its 5G infrastructure through a major deal with Ericsson. Ericsson will build a 5G network platform and deploy Open Radio Access Network products to support nationwide Open RAN ambitions. The programme focuses on an open, programmable network using purpose-built and virtualised commercial off-the-shelf hardware with cloud-native, O-RAN standardised interfaces. Ericsson’s offerings include massive MIMO and hardware-ready remote radios aimed at reducing total cost of ownership via lower weight, size and power. Nearly 40% of the radio swap to Ericsson is complete and mid-band N77 spectrum has been added to over 15,000 sites in collaboration with Ericsson and Fujitsu subsidiary 1Finity.
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